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• Changing Mindsets, Changing Lives (Feb., 2015, Raikes Foundation blog)
• The Learning Myth: Why I'll Never Tell My Son He's Smart (by Sal Khan, Aug. 19, 2014, Khan Academy blog)
• Why do women fail? (July 29, 2014, ABC KSPR)
• Counted or not, doing what counts in competency-based education (Apr. 29, 2014, CompetencyWorks.org)
• Scholastic Education and Mindset Works^® Announce Landmark Agreement to Bring 'Growth Mindset' Practices into Classrooms Nationwide (Apr. 10, 2014, PRNewswire)
• Does Teaching Kids To Get 'Gritty' Help Them Get Ahead? (March 2014, NPR Morning Edition and All Things Considered)
• Growth Mindset Gaining Traction as School Improvement Strategy (Sep. 2013, EdWeek)
• Mindsets and Student Agency (June 2013, Unboxed, by High Tech High Graduate School of Education)
• Games Win Big in Education Grants Competition (May 2013, WhiteHouse.Gov)
• CBS News: The Praise Puzzle (Nov. 2012, CBS)
• Feedback for Learning: Double Take (Sep. 2012, ASCD Educational Leadership)
• Even Geniuses Work Hard (Sep. 2010, ASCD Educational Leadership)
• Flummoxed by Failure—or Focused? (7/13/12, Wall Street Journal)
• What Kids Should Know About Their Own Brains (4/5/12, NPR KQED MindShift)
• @jeffraikes (Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation): "Raikes Foundation http://bit.ly/wZavmx seeing Carol Dweck-Growth Mindset a key to closing achievement gap!@Brainology http://bit.ly/w4zNII" (2/23/12, twitter)
  
• Discovering How to Learn Smarter (2/2/12, NPR KQED MindShift)
• In schools, self-esteem boosting is losing favor to rigor, finer-tuned praise (1/15/12, Washington Post)
• Montgomery County school chief starts a unique book club (12/04/11, Washington Post)
• America Needs More Geeks: How to Make Science Cool(12/21/11, Time)
• Willpower: It’s in Your Head (11/26/11, New York Times)
• Carol Dweck: Brain exercise boosts motivation (10/18/11, San Francisco Chronicle)

Other Featured

• New York Magazine cover story: How Not to Talk to your Kids
• New York Times: If You're Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow
• High Tech High Unboxed: Mindsets and Student Agency (June 2013)
• Scientific American: The Secret to Raising Smart Kids
• Good Housekeeping: The Secret to Better Grades
• Reader's Digest: How to Make Up Your Mind to Succeed
  
• YouTube 4 minute video interview with Prof. Carol Dweck
• Giftedness: A Motivational Perspective (2013, Duke University)
• Newsweek: When DNA is Not Destiny
  
• Boston Globe: The truth about grit
  
• CBS News: The Praise Puzzle (Nov. 2012, CBS)
• BBC: Praising gifted youngsters may backfire
  
• New Scientist: Interview: Is praising your kid's intelligence harmful? 
• Mind-sets and Equitable Education (1/2010, National Association of Secondary School Principals, NASSP)
• Good Morning America: Why Praise Can Be Bad for Kids 
• Education World: Interview with Carol Dweck 
• Education Week: Experiments Aim to Ease Effects of ‘Stereotype Threat’ 
• Edutopia: Smart Talking: Tell Students to Feed Their Brains
  
• Edutopia: The Role of Mistakes in the Classroom
  
• US Dept. of Educ.'s Doing What Works website: interview with Carol Dweck
  
• HighlightsParents.com: Parenting Perspectives Interview with Dr. Carol Dweck
  
• Malcolm Gladwell: The Talent Myth
  
• Wall Street Journal: The Praise a Child Should Never Hear 
• Stanford Magazine: The Effort Effect (including a growth mindset graphic by Nigel Holmes)
  
• Guy Kawasaki's blog
• Time: How to Help Them Succeed
  
• Ode Magazine: In praise of failure (page includes a Harvard commencement speech about failure delivered by J.K. Rowling)
  
• The New York Times: The Many Errors in Thinking About Mistakes 
• NPR’s Tech Nation: Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Carol Dweck
• Will Richardson web video interview of Carol Dweck
• Aspen Ideas Festival 2007: Carol Dweck Bio. You can also listen to an audio recording of her talk.
• ASCD Educational Leadership: The Perils and Promises of Praise
  
• National Association of Independent Schools: Brainology: Transforming Students' Motivation to learn
• Interview with Joshua Waitzkin citing Dr. Dweck's research
• Association for Psychological Science: How Beliefs About the Self Shape Personality and Behavior
• Positive Coaching Scotland: Why work ethic can put talent in second place