Review of The Parthenon Enigma by Joan Breton Connelly

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/474/back-to-school Some glimmers of hope regarding how children from very stressful environments can succeed academically from Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character. Makes use of attachment theory, including the Minnesota study that figures heavily in Becoming Achilles, to explain both learning difficulties experienced by children from…