Adumbration

In the same week I found two distinct but complementary takes on the question of whether there might be better ways to improve education among the poorest in our communities;  This American Life's Back to School presented interviews with researchers, practitioners, and school children,circling around and through some ideas collected recently in a book by Paul Tough - How Children Succeed. 

Meanwhile, Russ Roberts' EconTalk podcast featured an extended interview with Tough about the ideas in his book and their implications on public policy.

Mr Tough has been making the rounds - I also caught the very tail end of an interview on Seattle's KUOW.