What Do Kids Really Learn from Failure?

October 3, 2012   What Do Kids Really Learn from Failure? By Alfie Kohn Education experts have long known that there is more to success — in school or in life — than cognitive ability. That recognition got a big boost with science writer Dan Goleman’s book Emotional Intelligence in 1996, which emphasized the importance of self-awareness, altruism, personal motivation, empathy, and … Read More