Angela Duckworth is co-founder, chief scientist, and a board member of Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance scientific insights that help children thrive. She is also the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change For Good Initiative, and faculty co-director of Wharton People Analytics. 

A 2013 MacArthur Fellow, Angela has advised the White House, the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams, and Fortune 500 CEOs. 

Prior to her career in research, Angela founded a summer school for low-income children that was profiled as a Harvard Kennedy School case study and, in 2018, celebrated its 25th anniversary. She has also been a McKinsey management consultant and a math and science teacher in the public schools of New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. 

Angela completed her undergraduate degree in Advanced Studies Neurobiology at Harvard, graduating magna cum laude. With the support of a Marshall Scholarship, she completed an MSc with Distinction in Neuroscience from Oxford University. She completed her PhD in Psychology as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.

Angela's TED talk is among the most-viewed of all time. Her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance is a #1 New York Times best seller. She is also co-host, with Stephen Dubner, of the podcast No Stupid Questions.

Behind every story of achievement is an environment that makes it possible. 💭📈

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Angela Duckworth

Professor at UPenn, author of GRIT, co-host of the podcast No Stupid Questions, co-founder of Character Lab

Delaying gratification is critical to academic performance.

Which phone policies provide the optimal context for students to build this skill?

K-12 educators, what do you think about your phone policies? And how are things going at your school?

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Avoiding temptations—not willpower—is the best way to exercise self-control.

K-12 educators, we need your perspective to understand how school phone policies can create an environment where students can focus.

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Over a year ago, I became interested in what the science said on teen mental health and social media. I found there was one particular hole in the scientific literature: cell phone policies.  

Thank you, Maureen Tracey-Mooney and FutureEd at Georgetown. It was great to discuss what we’re learning so far with Phones in Focus and why the work isn't done.

Want to help me fill this urgent research gap? Share www.phonesinfocus.org with a K-12 educator in your life.

I recently had the chance to sit down with Angela Duckworth to talk all things cell phones in schools, and the great research she is doing through Phones in Focus to help schools establish the most effective policies on the use of cell phones in schools. As an education policy nerd and as a parent of a 2nd grader, I found our conversation fascinating (and, dare I say, hopeful?).  

You can read the FutureEd at Georgetown Q&A that came out of our chat here:

Open article: Q&A: Angela Duckworth on Effective School Cell Phone Policies by future-ed.org

Q&A: Angela Duckworth on Effective School Cell Phone Policies

Katy Milkman & i had so much fun hosting Richard Thaler and Alex Imas at The Wharton School last month. 

if you missed it (or want to re-live it), you can now watch on the Behavior Change for Good Initiative YouTube channel!

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Open video: The Anomalies That Changed Economics | Richard Thaler and Alex Imas on youtu.be

The Anomalies That Changed Economics | Richard Thaler and Alex Imas

K-12 educators, we want to know what’s happening in your school!

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highlights also include: 
- do people want a kiss from a movie star now or later? (23:24) 
- two questions to ask if you want to improve efficiency in your team (27:14)
- the surprising power of a coin flip (27:48)

View company: Behavior Change for Good Initiative

Hundreds joined us live for this event—now the recording is available!

Richard Thaler and Alex Imas's lively, thought-provoking conversation with Katy Milkman & Angela Duckworth is now available on our YouTube channel.

Highlights include…
• The origin of behavioral economics and why Richard started writing about “anomalies”.
• Why even experts make predictable mistakes, from CEOs to pro athletes.
• The Winner’s Curse, or why the “winning” bid is often a losing deal.
• Why we pay for gym memberships we don’t use, and what that reveals about self-control.
• What’s next for behavioral science, as economists and psychologists unite to better understand decision-making.

Check it out: youtu.be/hH8UgQb-x4A

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Elizabeth (Liz) Dunn , University of British Columbia
Nicholas Coles, PhD , University of Florida
Dunigan Folk, University of Pennsylvania
Harry Clelland, Mac Gill University
Ashley Whillans, Harvard University
Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania
Katy Milkman, University of Pennsylvania
David Rand, MIT
Felix Holzmeister, University of Innsbruck
Jessie Sun, Washington University
Kim Doell, PhD, PhD, University of Konstanz
Lara Aknin, Simon Fraser University
Kai Ruggeri, Columbia University
Rrichard Lucas, Michigan State University
Sonja Lyubomirsky, University of California, Riverside
Sarah Pressman,  University of California, Irvine
Shigehiro Oishi Oishi, University of Chicago
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