Strauss: Why teaching kids to have ‘grit’ isn’t always a good thing

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May 14th, 2015 by schoolbound

If you follow fads in education, you probably know that what passes for “character education” in this country is now dominated by the teaching of “grit,” helping students learn how to persevere and stay on task. It is taken for granted that having grit is always a positive thing, but, Read more

Source:: washingtonpost.com