Colleagues,
A fascinating one-hour program on the importance of "noncognitive" skills -- soft skills, social skills, personality traits, character -- everything except intelligence or cognitive skills, featuring an interview with Paul Tough about his book, How Children Succeed, and an interview with economist James Heckman about the GED, was broadcast on Public Radio's This American Life this past weekend. For more information, go to http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/474/back-to-school. The podcast will be found at http://podcast.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/474.mp3
There's a lot in this program that people may wish to discuss in this CoP.
David J. Rosen
djrosen123@gmail.com