How Children Succeed

ACE Tech Charter High School

achievement, dimensions of,

achievement gap

executive functions and,

OneGoal students and,

policy debates and,

teacher quality and,

achievement tests. See also standardized college admissions tests

low-scorers on,

malleability of intelligence and,

as predictor of life outcomes,

unfulfilled potential and,

ACT test

college success and,

Kewauna’s story and,

as measure,

score improvement efforts and,

ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)

adolescence

decision making and,

discipline and,

early nurturing and,

effectiveness of interventions in,

effects of childhood stress in,

affluent students. See privileged students

African American students. See also Black, James, Jr.; Lerma, Kewauna; Williams, Justus

chess and,

college and,

compared with affluent white teens,

Ainsworth, Mary

Albert, Derrion

Alinsky, Saul

allostatic load

executive functions and,

index for,

parenting and,

Amistad Academy in New Haven

Anda, Robert

animal-behavior studies. See LG study

anxiety

anxious attachment

Aronson, Joshua

Ashley, Maurice

Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC) program

attachment relationships

interventions and,

Minnesota study on,

parental history and,

parenting and,

as predictor of success,

Babcock, Philip

Barayev, Isaac (student)

Bayview Child Health Center in San Francisco

behavioral theory

behavior modification

The Bell Curve (Murray and Herrnstein)

Bennett, Juaquin (KIPP student)

Bennett, William

Binet, Alfred

Black, James, Jr. (IS 318 student)

chess rating,

Columbus tournament and,

match against Lapshun,

specialized-school test and,

Black, James, Sr.

Blair, Clancy

Block, Jack

blood pressure, and health risk,

Bowen, William G.

Bowlby, John

Bowles, Samuel

Bridges, Ruby Nell

Bring Up Genius! (Polgar)

Brunzell, Tom

Burke Harris, Nadine

neuroscientific perspective and,

Byrne, Ruth,

CARE. See Children Aware of Riverdale Ethics (CARE)

Caspi, Avshalom,

CBT. See cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)

character. See also character strengths; noncognitive skills

habits and,

infant brain chemistry and,

meaning of,

quantification of,

rules and,

character-education initiatives,

Character Education Partnership,

character report card

development of,

character strengths. See also grit; noncognitive skills; optimism; self-control

American high school students and,

as antipoverty tool,

definition of character and,

development of,

dual-purpose instruction and,

good habits and,

high-school GPA and,