KIPP, Chemical Reactions, and Character: Mapping Out the New Eugenics Agenda
A slightly different version of this review was published yesterday at Substance News.
Paul Tough, KIPP, and the Character Con: A Review of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Jim Horn
Paul Tough, KIPP, and the Character Con: A Review of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Jim Horn
Two days before the 2012 presidential election, Rachel Maddow ran a clip from an interview with uber-When we look a these kids and their behavior, it can all seem so mysterious….But at some point, what you’re seeing is just a complex series of chemical reactions. It’s the folding of a protein or the activation of a neuron. And what’s exciting about that is that those things are treatable. When you get down to the molecules, you realize, that’s where the healing is. That’s where you’re discovering a solution” (p. 26). Paul Tough quoting Nadine Burke Harris
