How Children Succeed

incentive processing system,

incentives. See also motivation

effectiveness of,

neurological system and,

teacher quality and,

indulging strategies

industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology

infant brain chemistry

intelligence. See also cognitive hypothesis

ACT as measure of,

and chess,

IQ tests and,

malleability of,

M&M study and,

poverty and,

Intermediate School 318 in Brooklyn. See also Spiegel, Elizabeth

chess program at,

teaching techniques at,

interpersonal self-control

interventions

effectiveness of, in adolescence,

and executive functions,

with parents,

and prefontal cortex,

and stereotype threat,

IQ. See intelligence

Irish Chess Union study

Ivy League student career choices

James, William

Jay-Z (rapper)

Jobs, Steve

Johns Hopkins University,

Johnson, Lyndon B. (U.S. president),

Jones, Keitha (YAP student)

Kaiser Permanente ACE study

Kamsky, Gata

Kane, Thomas,

Kasparov, Garry

Katz, Lawrence

Kennedy, John F. (U.S. president),

Kessler, David

Kindlon, Dan

King, Matt

KIPP middle schools

achievement gap and,

character-development approach at,

character report card at,

college success and,

discipline and,

Duckworth workshop at,

first cohort at,

school culture at,

KIPP Through College program

Knights of the South Bronx (movie)

Knowledge Is Power Program. See KIPP middle schools

Kotlowitz, Alex

Kozol, Jonathan

Kumon preschool tutoring (Junior Kumon)

Kwak, James

Lapshun, Yuri

leadership principles at OneGoal

Learned Optimism (Seligman)

Leonardo, Ms. (Red Bank teacher)

Lerma, Kewauna (ACE Tech student), xxi–xxiii

Levin, David . See also KIPP middle schools

achievement gap and,

character strengths and,

paternalism and,

Randolph and,

Levine, Madeline

Levitt, Jonathan

Levitt, Steven

Levitt equation

LG (“licking and grooming”) study

Li, Brian

Lieberman, Alicia

long-term goals. See delayed gratification; self-control

Lou, Eddie

Luthar, Suniya

McClain, Dylan

McConico, Marla

Mac Donald, Heather

McEwen, Bruce

McPherson, Michael S.

Makayla (Chicago infant)

make-up programs

Marks, Mindy

Marshall, Frank

Marshall Chess Club

marshmallow test

Masterman Middle School in Philadelphia

Mathews, Jay

“mature dramatic play”

MCII. See Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions (MCII)

Meaney, Michael

Measures of Effective Teaching project

“mediators”

medical risk indicators,

Mental Contrasting with Inplementation Intentions (MCII)