Sublime

True self-confidence is “the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source.”

given that good teachers are hard to find and information technology is getting better and cheaper by the day, it seems rational to use it more.

As a result, we value demonstrated excellence—which leads us to adopt practices geared toward identifying and investing in students who show obvious signs of brilliance.

can an organization as a whole have a mindset?

alguns estudantes se preocupavam tanto em demonstrar suas capacidades,

According to Professor Eric Hanushek of Stanford’s Hoover Institute, if we could eliminate just the bottom 6 to 8 percent of bad teachers, we could bring our results up to the standards of Finland, perhaps the best in the world.

A first factor is a focus on basic skills, and a commitment to the idea that every child can master them as long as she, and her teacher, expends enough effort on it.

os cientistas estão percebendo que as pessoas têm maior capacidade do que se havia imaginado para aprender e desenvolver o cérebro durante toda a vida.

Angela Duckworth, renowned for many things including introducing the character strength “grit” into the public discourse.