Bøger af Paul Tough

'Indelible and extraordinary, a powerful reckoning with just how far we've allowed reality to drift from our ideals.' Tara Westover, New York Times Book ReviewWe're told that universities are our greatest driver of social mobility. But it's a lie.The Inequality Machine is a damning exposé of how the university system ingrains injustice at every level of American society.Paul Tough, bestselling author of How Children Succeed, exposes a world where small-town colleges go bust, while the most prestigious raise billions every year; where overstretched admissions officers are forced to pick rich candidates over smart ones; where black and working-class students are left to sink or swim on uncaring campuses. Along the way, he uncovers cutting-edge research from the academics leading the way to a new kind of university - one where students succeed not because of their background, but because of the quality of their minds.The result is a call-to-arms for universities that work for everyone, and a manual for how we can make it happen.'Humanizes the process of higher education . . . Fascinating stories about efforts to remediate class disparities in higher education' New Yorker

A foremost The New Yorker andNew York Timesjournalist reversesthree decades of thinking aboutwhat creates successfulchildren, solving the mysteries of why some succeed and others fail and of how to move individual children toward their full potential for success.

First published as The Years That Matter MostFrom best-selling author Paul Tough, an indelible and explosive book on the glaring injustices of higher education, including unfair admissions tests, entrenched racial barriers, and crushing student debt. Now updated and expanded for the pandemic era. When higher education works the way it’s supposed to, there is no better tool for social mobility—for lifting young people out of challenging circumstances and into the middle class and beyond. In reality, though, American colleges and universities have become the ultimate tool of social immobility—a system that secures a comfortable future for the children of the wealthy while throwing roadblocks in the way of students from struggling families.   Combining vivid and powerful personal stories with deep, authoritative reporting, Paul Tough explains how we got into this mess and explores the innovative reforms that might get us out. Tough examines the systemic racism that pervades American higher education, shows exactly how the SATs give an unfair advantage to wealthy students, and guides readers from Ivy League seminar rooms to the welding shop at a rural community college. At every stop, he introduces us to young Americans yearning for a better life—and praying that a college education might help them get there.   With a new preface and afterword by the author exposing how the coronavirus pandemic has shaken the higher education system anew.​

What would it take?That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor childrennot one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide? The question led him to create the Harlem Childrens Zone, a ninety-seven-block laboratory in central Harlem where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in America. His conclusion: if you want poor kids to be able to compete with their middle-class peers, you need to change everything in their livestheir schools, their neighborhoods, even the child-rearing practices of their parents.Whatever It Takes is a tour de force of reporting, an inspired portrait not only of Geoffrey Canada but also of the parents and children in Harlem who are struggling to better their lives, often against great odds. Carefully researched and deeply affecting, this is a dispatch from inside the most daring and potentially transformative social experiment of our time.

But he wasn't told he'd end up barely scraping a living wage, struggling to feed his children. Drawing on the stories of hundreds of American students, The Years That Matters Most is a revelatory account of a university system in crisis.

A NOW READ THIS PBS NewsHour and New York Times Book Review selection From the New York Times best-selling author of How Children Succeed comes an essential handbook of successful strategies to help kids overcome issues, learn, and thrive in today's chaotic learning environments. In How Children Succeed, Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like perseverance, self-control, and conscientiousness play a critical role in children's success. Now, in Helping Children Succeed, Tough takes on a new set of pressing questions: What does growing up with economic and other stresses do to children's mental and physical development? How does adversity at home affect their success in the classroom, from preschool to high school? And what practical steps can the adults who are responsible for them take to improve their chances for a positive future? Tough once again encourages us to think in a new way about the challenges of childhood. Mining the latest research in psychology and neuroscience, he provides us with insights and strategies for a new approach to childhood adversity, one designed to help many more children succeed.

In a world where academic success can seem all-important in deciding our children's success in adult life, the author sees things very differently. This book offers a clarion call to parents who are seeking to unlock their child's true potential - and ensure they really succeed.

Dette nummer af tidsskriftet 'Ledelse i Morgen' indeholder følgende artikler:Børns vej til succesAf Paul ToughI dette uddrag fra New York Times-bestselleren sætter Paul Tough fokus på, hvilke faktorer der har betydning for børns succes i livet både fagligt og socialt. Artiklen gennemgår baggrunden for Toughs undersøgelse af, hvorfor nogle børn klarer sig godt, mens andre mister grebet om deres liv, ved at komme omkring forskellige sociologiske undersøgelser og unge mennesker, der har formået at bryde ud af negative livsmønstreResiliens: Kært barn har mange navneAf Celine Ferot og Niels RebsdorfDenne artikel undersøger, hvordan begrebet ”resiliens” har relevans i en dansk uddannelseskontekst. Forfatterne argumenterer for, at en målrettet indsats med hensyn til udvikling af karakterdannelse vil kunne aflæses positivt iuddannelsesstedets trivselsmålinger, og at lederen derfor bør overveje at arbejde med et resiliensperspektiv på alle niveauer i organisationen.Levedygtige fællesskaberAf Lone BellingDenne artikel ser nærmere på, hvordan uddannelseslederen står centralt i forhold til at sikre udvikling af kompetencer som opmærksomhed, empati og relationskompetence. Der skal fokus på den personlige professionelle praksis hos både medarbejdere og ledere, så elevernes opmærksomhed kan styrkes, og deres sans for sig selv i forhold til fællesskabet og omverden understøttes.Lærer-pædagog-samarbejdet nytter nogetAf Camilla Lind MelskensRelationskompetencer er det fundamentale i arbejdet med trivsel i børnefællesskaber, og i skolen kan et tæt lærer-pædagog-samarbejde fremme dette. Denne artikel fokuserer på, hvordan ledelsen gennem en tydelig strukturog klare forventninger får skabt en kultur, hvor fælles mål for trivsel er et samlet anliggende, og hvor alle i teamet ved, hvad hinandens roller er.