Paul Tough

Journalist

Paul Tough is the author of "Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America." He has written extensively about education, child development, poverty, and politics, including cover stories in the New York Times Magazine on character education, the achievement gap, and the Harlem Children's Zone, His new book, "How Children Succeed: Rethinking Character and Intelligence," will be published in September 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He has worked as an editor at the New York Times Magazine and Harper's Magazine and as a reporter and producer for the public-radio program "This American Life." He was the founding editor of Open Letters, an online magazine. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Slate, GQ, Esquire, and Geist, and on the op-ed page of the New York Times. He lives with his wife and son in New York.

Working Group

Early Childhood Interventions (ECI)

Additional Information

Email: paul@paultough.com
Homepage: http://www.paultough.com