Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-08-16
Books mentioned on Alpha School: A New Approach To Education - MacKenzie Price - #981
MacKenzie Price is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and co-founder of Alpha Schools. Just how broken is education?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Grit
Grit by Angela Duckworth is a non-fiction exploration of how passion and long-term perseverance are far more vital to achievement than innate talent alone.
Discussed“Well, how do you teach grit? Well, at our schools, uh we don't just hand kids the book by Angela Duckworth, Grit, and say, "Read this book and write a book report on it." Right? Does that really teach grit?”
Where to get it
