Digging Deep into What Makes Students Thrive with Angela ...

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In this episode of the KIPP On Learning Podcast, KIPP Co-Founder Dave Levin is joined by distinguished psychologist, author, and host Angela Duckworth to discuss her research into what makes students thrive. Angela Duckworth is the Co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit Character Lab, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, a MacArthur “Genius Award” Fellow, the co-leader of Penn’s Behavior Change for Good initiative, the author of the New York Times best-selling book “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,” and the co-host of the popular podcast No Stupid Questions, which is part of the Freakonomics Radio network. If you like what you hear, subscribe to get alerted about new episodes and visit www.kipp.org for job opportunities and information about our schools.

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This episode was published on March 14, 2022.

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In this episode of the KIPP On Learning Podcast, KIPP Co-Founder Dave Levin is joined by distinguished psychologist, author, and host Angela Duckworth to discuss her research into what makes students thrive. Angela Duckworth is the Co-founder and...

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