Paul Tough

Paul Tough is an editor at the New York Times Magazine, and he also writes for the magazine about poverty, education, and the achievement gap. His reporting on Geoffrey Canada and the Harlem Children's Zone originally appeared as a Times Magazine cover story. He lives with his wife in New York City.

Reviews:

"This book changed my understanding of poverty in America in the most surprising way: it made me feel hopeful." - Ira Glass, host of "This American Life"

"It's the acute awareness of the overwhelmingly black staff, students and parents of just what they're up against that makes this book absorbing and frequently touching." - Erin Aubry Kaplan, L.A. Times

"A remarkable book. ... A story more gripping and inspiring than you'd imagine social policy could possibly be." - Joel Lovell, GQ