In The News

Most Recent

• The self-esteem bubble pops (1/30/12, World)
• In schools, self-esteem boosting is losing favor to rigor, finer-tuned praise (1/15/12, Washington Post)
• Montgomery County school chief starts a unique book club (12/04/11, Washington Post)
• Willpower: It’s in Your Head (11/26/11, New York Times)

Other Notable

• New York Magazine cover story: How Not to Talk to your Kids
• New York Times: If You're Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow
• Scientific American: The Secret to Raising Smart Kids
• Good Housekeeping: The Secret to Better Grades
• Reader's Digest: How to Make Up Your Mind to Succeed
  
• YouTube 4 minute video interview with Prof. Carol Dweck
• Newsweek: When DNA is Not Destiny
  
• Boston Globe: The truth about grit
  
• BBC: Praising gifted youngsters may backfire
  
• New Scientist: Interview: Is praising your kid's intelligence harmful? 
• Good Morning America: Why Praise Can Be Bad for Kids 
• Education World: Interview with Carol Dweck 
• Education Week: Experiments Aim to Ease Effects of ‘Stereotype Threat’ 
• Edutopia: Smart Talking: Tell Students to Feed Their Brains
  
• Edutopia: The Role of Mistakes in the Classroom
  
• US Dept. of Educ.'s Doing What Works website: interview with Carol Dweck
  
• HighlightsParents.com: Parenting Perspectives Interview with Dr. Carol Dweck
  
• Malcolm Gladwell: The Talent Myth
  
• Wall Street Journal: The Praise a Child Should Never Hear 
• Stanford Magazine: The Effort Effect (including a growth mindset graphic by Nigel Holmes)
  
• Guy Kawasaki's blog
• Time: How to Help Them Succeed
  
• Ode Magazine: In praise of failure (page includes a Harvard commencement speech about failure delivered by J.K. Rowling)
  
• The New York Times: The Many Errors in Thinking About Mistakes 
• NPR’s Tech Nation: Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Carol Dweck
• Will Richardson web video interview of Carol Dweck
• Aspen Ideas Festival 2007: Carol Dweck Bio. You can also listen to an audio recording of her talk.
• ASCD Educational Leadership: The Perils and Promises of Praise
  
• National Association of Independent Schools: Brainology: Transforming Students' Motivation to learn
• Interview with Joshua Waitzkin citing Dr. Dweck's research
• Association for Psychological Science: How Beliefs About the Self Shape Personality and Behavior
• Positive Coaching Scotland: Why work ethic can put talent in second place