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March 12, 2015 ; (All day) EST
The Workforce Connections team including Child Trends and FHI 360 will be...
March 23, 2015 ; (All day) EST
Description This course aims to improve the capacity to build rigorous...
By: Paul Tough
How character is formed has been a topic of interest for a long time. But if we are to guide children and youth towards success in adulthood we need to explore the question, “Are these traits teachable?”. In How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, Paul Tough determines that qualities, also called non-cognitive skills - such as persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence - are the key drivers behind why some children do better than others as adults. More importantly, Tough draws attention to studies that explore this question, and interventions that aim to instill these traits in children and youth. This is especially... Read more
News and Analysis
Originally posted by IFAD on February 9, 2015. Learning event on financial and non-financial services to rural youth: Egypt and Yemen case studies...
The project is an initiative of the YouthSave Consortium led by Save the Children (SC) in partnership with...
USAID’s Workforce Connections (WC) is a program that promotes evidence-based learning and peer-to-peer...
The workplace landscape for disadvantaged youth in the United States is more precarious than it has been at...