New book to buy: Intelligence and How to Get It by Richard Nisbett, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. This book offers advice on how to address poverty and inequality in our educational system. He proffers that intellectual ability is not fixed at birth, but is expandable, something we can shape.
Students exposed to that idea work harder and get better grades.
“Some of the things that work are very cheap,” Professor Nisbett noted. “Convincing junior-high kids that intelligence is under their control — you could argue that that should be in the junior-high curriculum right now.”
Some of his suggestions include
-praising effort more than achievement
-teaching delayed gratification
-limiting reprimands and use praise to stimulate curiosity

Interview question I was once asked: Can all children learn?

What a no-brainer.