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This belief in the S-shape means that unless parents are unwilling to treat their children differently from one another, it makes sense for them to put all their educational eggs in the basket of the child they perceive to be the most promising, making sure that she gets enough education, rather than spreading the investment evenly across all their
... See moreAbhijit V. Banerjee • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
people adopt conservative ideologies as a response against threats to the social order,
Keith Payne • The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Changes the Way We Think, Live and Die
promising approach is to create metrics that objectively compare students to their peer group.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential
Children—indeed people of all ages—do not behave the same under all conditions. They adjust their behavior to reflect their social circumstances.
Michael J. Mauboussin • Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition
When teams were relatively reactive, waiting for direction from above, extraverts drove the best results.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential
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