Paul Tough: The Obama Administration's Big Missed Opportunity

Tuesday, September 4, 2012
What if much of what we think we know about success is wrong? What if the metrics we use in college admissions, for example, aren't capturing the qualities of character and mind that we should actually care most about?

And what if the content of one's character truly does matter more than anything else?
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