Podcast: Is Intelligence Really the Key to Success?

Maggie Severns
This post originally appeared on Early Ed Watch.

Welcome to the new Education Watch podcast, a spruced-up version of the bi-weekly podcast Early Ed Watch has been recording for for over two years.

The new podcasts will still feature education experts from across the country, and they’ll still dive into early education issues that warrant in-depth conversations. But expect more guests per episode, more news analysis and more updates on what we’re working on at New America, from pre-k up through the college years of education. This will, we hope, make listening more fun.

This week on the podcast: Paul Tough, author of the new book “How Children Succeed,” discusses how qualities like grit and curiosity may be critical for low-income students’ success in the classroom and beyond. Early Education Initiative Director Lisa Guernsey shares thoughts on teacher evaluation for both sides of the Chicago teachers’ strike. Guernsey is joined by one of our research associates, Alex Holt, to introduce a new data project from the Early Education Initiative.

Click here to listen to and download the podcast.