How Children Succeed

KIPP development of,

malleability of,

parenting and,

Peterson’s list of,

risk of failure and,

as social safety net

teaching technique and,

Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification (Seligman and Peterson)

charter schools. See also ACE Tech Charter High School; KIPP middle schools

chess. See also chess mastery; chess tournaments; Spiegel, Elizabeth

IQ and,

and thinking habits,

Chess-in-the-Schools

chess mastery

African Americans and,

allure of,

deliberate practice and,

mental abilities in,

chess ratings

James Black and,

chess tournaments

elite dominance of,

team strategy and,

Chicago Public Schools reform initiatives

Chicago Tribune,

childhood trauma. See also ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) scores

adolescence and,

adult outcomes and,

neurophysiological effects of,

nurturing parenting habits and,

prevalence of,

child-parent psychotherapy

Children Aware of Riverdale Ethics (CARE),

Child Trauma Research Program, University of California at San Francisco

Chingos, Matthew

Cicchetti, Dante

Clarke, Whitney

Clinton, Hillary

Clinton, William Jefferson (U.S. president)

coding-speed test

cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)

cognitive control system. See also self-control

cognitive flexibility

cognitive hypothesis. See also intelligence; Murray, Charles

cognitive self-control

Cohen, K. C.

Colas, Joshua

College Advisory Playbook (KIPP)

college graduation trends

college students

college access vs. completion and,

jobs of graduates and,

KIPP graduates as,

OneGoal program and,

relationships with professors,

time use by,

college wage premium

“compliance-based” discipline system

CompStat data analysis system

compulsiveness

confidence

confirmation bias

conscientiousness. See also self-control

consciousness

Consortium on Chicago Schools Research

Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago

cortisol levels. See also stress-response system

counseling

Cowley, Michelle

CPA (character point average)

cross-fostering studies

Crossing the Finish Line (Bowen, Chingos, & McPherson)

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

Daley, Richard (Chicago mayor)

Danson, Ted

Dark Knights of Harlem

decision making

Deep Blue

de Groot, Adriaan,

delayed gratification. See also self-control

depression

The Development of the Person (Egeland and Sroufe)

discipline, and middle school students

DNA-related effects, and parenting behaviors

Dowling, Jane Martinez

Dozier, Elizabeth

Keitha Jones and,

“Mush” and,

Dozier, Mary

dropping out

adolescent decisions and,

author’s experience and,

from college,

noncognitive skills and,

OneGoal program and,

parental care and,

as positive step,

poverty and,