Since moving to New Jersey from Alabama last year, I have written rather extensively about my growing love for the criminally underrated Garden State. And in turn, yous guys (I swear, I heard this one ...

If you’ve tuned into “Grit” over the last two years, you’ve heard Margaret Trimer, vice president of strategic partnerships at Delta Dental, interview remarkable individuals who she befriended ...

In the same way that actual grit accumulates in the cracks and crevices of the landscape, our cultural insistence on possessing grit has gradually come to the forefront of child-rearing and education ...

“Grit” is getting a lot of attention these days, due in large part to an excellent new book by Paul Tough, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Power of Character. Psychologists define grit ...

“I define grit simply as passion and perserverance for especially long-term goals. I don’t believe we should use measures of grit for high-stakes accountability. I think the misconception is that if ...

Merriam-Webster defines Grit most commonly as a hard, sharp granule of sand. A less common definition is firmness of mind or spirit, or unyielding courage in the face of hardship or danger. Some ...