LIVE : PAUL TOUGH at the WISE summit 2014
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Channel: WISE Channel · 2014 · Education
Paul Tough is a writer and broadcaster. He is author of several books, including "How Children Succeed ", which offers an alternative approach to educating children. Instead of focussing on performance-based accessment, children must be equiped with a different set of skills to succeed in life. Paul Tough has also contributed to This American Life and The New Yorker, where he has honed his focus upon education, poverty, parenting, and politics. At the WISE summit 2014, he talked to Maha Barada from Euronews' Learning World. SUBSCRIBE to get more videos from WISE: http://www.youtube.com/WISEQatar?sub_confirmation=1 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) is an international, multi-sectoral and action-oriented platform for innovation in education that connects innovators, nurtures new ideas, and recognizes and supports successful initiatives that are helping revitalize education. For more information about WISE: http://www.wise-qatar.org Follow WISE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/WISE_Tweets Like WISE on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wiseqatar
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