Do Torture, Shunning, Shaming and Humiliation Build Character?
Category: EDUCATION
KIPP Schools, Success Academies, Democracy Prep and any number of other "no excuses" schools are not developing true grit and resilience other than the numb grit required to endure humiliation and the resilience necessary to get up and go to school every day.
By Steve Nelson, ContributorHead of the Calhoun School in Manhattan, 2015-05-02