How Children Succeed

predictors of,

U.S. trends in,

dual-purpose instruction

Dubner, Stephen

Duckworth, Angela

character research

Grit Scale and,

motivation vs. volition and,

volitional tools and,

Duncan, Arne

Du Sable High School in Chicago

Dweck, Carol

dwelling strategies

Edlund, Calvin

education reform

poverty debate and,

students’ home lives and,

teacher quality and,

Egeland, Byron

elite schools. See also Riverdale Country School

character and,

chess playing and,

opportunity and,

emotional capacity

emotional intelligence

The End of Overeating (Kessler)

Ericsson, K. Anders

Evans, Gary

executive functions. See also decision making

interventions and,

stress and,

types of,

working memory and,

“explanatory style,”. See also optimism

failure, value of risk of

author’s experience and,

character strength and,

learning from mistakes and,

overprotection of children and,

parenting and,

falsification ability

family functioning. See also attachment relationships; childhood trauma; parenting

Feinberg, Michael

Felitti, Vincent

Feng, Danny (student)

Fenger High School in Chicago. See also Dozier, Elizabeth; Gaston, Thomas (“Mush”); Jones, Keitha; Youth Advocate Programs

Fierst, Karen

financial need, definition of,

Finneran, Michael

firehouse effect

Fisher, Donald

Fisher, Doris

Fisher, Philip

Flemister, Faith

flow (state)

follow through

foster parents

Freakonomics (Levitt and Dubner)

Fryer, Roland

Galvin, John

gang violence

Garcia, Sebastian (IS 318 student)

Gaston, Thomas (“Mush”)

Gates, Steve

Gates Foundation

GED (General Educational Development) program

genius, and deliberate practice

Genius in Chess (Levitt)

Gintis, Herbert

Gladwell, Malcolm

Goldin, Claudia

Goleman, Daniel

government policies

aid to poor and,

failures of,

teacher quality and,

grit

advantaged students and,

American values and,

definition of,

KIPP advantages over Riverdale and,

measurement of,

too much,

Grit Scale

group identity

growth mindset

habits, and character. See also thinking habits, and chess

Hanushek, Eric

Hart, Betty

Heckman, James, xvi–xxi

Herrnstein, Richard

High School Transformation initiative (Chicago)

High School Turnaround initiative (Chicago)

Holder, Eric

HPA (“hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal”) axis

Huberman, Ron

“implementation intentions,”