Helping Children Succeed
What Works and Why

I want every person who thinks poor kids can get a better education to read this book. I want every administrator who thinks suspending kids is the best way to punish them to read this book. I want every school board member who thinks hiring teachers should be about what extracurricular roles they m......more

This is a well-researched and compelling book about the important issue of improving education for low-income students, but it does not present teachers with enough concrete steps that they can take to actually help children succeed.......more

He understands the educational system is broken, and offers some tips to begin to fix it. I find it interesting that his suggestions, based on numerous studies and surveys, are quite similar to what healthy churches have been doing for centuries. The focus on character rather than information transf......more

This is a book mostly written for educators. As a former educator I perhaps got more out of it than someone who has never taught in a classroom, but nevertheless it wasn't quite was I was looking for. I was looking for a parenting book, and this is not that. It had some interesting points, though. F......more

Very little new material This is like an addendum to How Children Succeed versus a new book. Feels like a cash grab. Not actionable pointers for how to help instill positive characteristics into your kids, which I felt was misleading given the title and description of the book.......more