Chess for Success
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
A chess phenomenon is slowly spreading to schools all around the country. In classrooms where it has taken hold, educators are reporting astounding results. After learning how to play chess, kids who once showed little interest in getting a good education are not only turning their grades, and lives, around, they are excelling. Inner-city schools now sport huge chess trophies won by their students at National Championships. These same kids are going on to college at a rate far exceeding expectations, with some graduating from universities like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. How and why chess has the power to allow students to achieve these remarkable outcomes is the subject of this book.
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