Podcast appearances and mentions of ronald ferguson

Ronald Ferguson is a music producer and stroke survivor who now campaigns for what he describes as "social prescribing enterprise".  Ronald is now a director of the charity  Arts4dementia In this interview Ronald talks about his experiences of suffering a stroke and his treatment during his hospital stay, and how the organisation Headway, the brain charity, put him back together again.  This interview was recorded during the period of the lockdown.Support the show (https://www.interactstrokesupport.org)

Guest Angelo Giardino, MD, FAAP Host Paul Wirkus, MD, FAAP. This week's episode is Angelo’s Book Club discussing The Formula: Unlocking the Secrets to Raising Highly Successful Children by Ronald Ferguson and Tatsha Robertson. Don't miss a great discussion about the steps to nurturing and mentoring children. For more information visit vCurb.com.

Tatsha Robertson is a New York Times best-selling ghost writer. She is the co-author, of the book, The Formula: Unlocking the Secrets to Raising Highly Successful Children, with Harvard professor, Dr. Ronald Ferguson. Tatsha, a native of Greenville, SC, is a graduate of Morris College in Sumter, SC, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English; and a M.A. in Journalism from The Ohio State University. Ms. Robertson has written for several newspapers across the country, including the Boston Globe. She is a former editor of People and Essence magazines. She is a ghost writer for Little Brown Book Group and Harper Collins Publishers; and a writer for BenBella Books. Tatsha and her husband, Nico, live in New York City, where she is currently writing an African-American sci-fi thriller. In today's episode, we discuss the 8 parental roles and how they work: The Early Learning Partner lights the fire in young children to learn and develop problem solving skills before they start school. Most of the highly successful children Ferguson and Robertson interviewed could read basic words by the time they started kindergarten, which impressed teachers and started the children's school years on a very positive note. The Flight Engineer works to ensure that the child is getting everything s/he needs in school, and will step in whenever necessary to make sure this continues. (This sounds like Ground Control Parenting!) The Fixer makes sure that no opportunity is lost or overlooked, regardless of the parent's resources. If the parent determines that there is an opportunity his or her child should have access to, s/he won't stop until a way is found to provide it. The Revealer introduces children to worlds beyond their own, again regardless of the family's income. If they can't afford to travel to other lands, they go to local museums and libraries and other cultural institutions where children can explore and learn. The Philosopher answers children's deep and thoughtful questions honest and earnestly and encourages them to ask more. They help their children try to understand life and find their purpose. The Model gives children behavior to emulate. The Negotiator teaches children to advocate for themselves, and how to deal with people who exercise authority and power. The GPS Navigational Voice ensures that the parents' voices will be in their children's heads well after the kids have left home to pursue their futures. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/patricia-bligen-jones/message

Ronald Ferguson is a Harvard Kennedy School professor. Tatsha Robertson is an award-winning journalist. Together, they have found the answer to a pivotal question every parent asks: "How can I raise my children to be, not just successful people, but extraordinarily successful human beings?" In 2009, Ronald, a father of three who is also the faculty director of the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University, started the “How I was Parented Project” in which Harvard students interviewed one another in an effort to understand how parenting got them to where they were. Four years before Ronald started his project, Tasha Robertson, who was then the New York City Bureau Chief for The Boston Globe, begun interviewing high-achieving people (including eventually, President Obama) about how thy raised their own children and how they were raised. The purpose? She wondered if mothers and fathers of very successful people were knowingly or unknowingly following patterns in their parenting. In late 2014, Tatsha decided to write a book about her investigation and reached out to achievement expert Ronald Ferguson. She wanted to know if he saw patterns, too. He did! The two worked together, analysing Tatsha’s interviews and the data from the Harvard study as well as re-interviewing many of the achievers and their parents. They confirmed that there was a distinct pattern in the way they were all parented; a pattern that was astonishingly consistent among these parents, regardless of their socio-economic status, race, religious or cultural background or level of education.  The Formula reveals the strategies you too can use to raise your children to extraordinarily successful people who lead happy, purposeful lives. 

Interested in the secret to raising high achieving kids? In this episode, I talk to Ronald Ferguson and Tatsha Robertson. They teamed up to write The Formula, a book that explores how parents raise high achieving kids. Tatsha is an award-winning journalist who left her editing job at People Magazine to begin a decade-long investigation into whether parents of very smart people were following particular patterns in raising their children. One of the first steps in her journey was to travel to Harvard University to talk with Ron, whom The New York Times called the nation's foremost authority on the “achievement gap.” Ron saw similar patterns and we discuss their combined research that became The Formula and how their insight might also apply to money-smart kids. I hope you enjoy our discussion as much as I did.

A slightly different format this week. Two authors of the same book, interviewed one after the other. Exciting, eh?   It's a podcast about smart people and smart children. How do you define success?  What are some of the basic theories behind creating successful people? How do you cultivate resilience? What role do screens play (or not play) in success? In The Formula: Unlocking the Secrets to Raising Highly Successful Children, Harvard economist Ronald Ferguson, named in a New York Times profile as the foremost expert on the US educational "achievement gap," along with award-winning journalist Tatsha Robertson, reveal an intriguing blueprint for helping children from all types of backgrounds become successful adults.   Ronald is first, and advance warning you'll hear his fax machine go off a couple of times! I didn't know people still used faxes but they do and why not. Ronald is fantastic and so is Tatsha who comes after.   It's not all baby-related now I’m having a baby. But some things transcend parenthood, and this subject is relevant for all. But there is some parenthood stuff in there so if that's not your bag I won't be offended if you quietly wait for next week. And if you like Zestology, you might want to sign up for the Zestology 3 Zesty Things newsletter here. You'll receive a short, concise email from me every Monday with all the latest gadgets, supplements, cutting-edge hacks, observations and general witterings for more energy and vitality.  

A discussion with Aimee Ogden, winner, Ronald Ferguson, third runner-up, and William Ledbetter, administrator of the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Contest Award cosponsored by The National Space Society, and given each year at the International Space Development Conference, this year in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The participants discuss the award process, their stories, and writing and the writer's life; also part 51 of the complete audiobook serialization of John Ringo's Under a Graveyard Sky.

Ronald Ferguson, faculty director of the Achievement Gap Initiative, discusses his upcoming PPE Institute 'Closing the Achievement Gap: Strategies for Excellence with Equity.'

Noted scholar Ronald Ferguson delivered the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at Brown University on Feb. 8, 2011. His talk, titled “Pursuing Excellence with Racial Equity: A Social Movement for the 21st Century,” focused on the racial achievement gap, which has been the focus of much of his research and writing for the last two decades. The Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture was established at Brown University in 1996, with former New York Mayor David Dinkins as the inaugural speaker.

Noted scholar Ronald Ferguson delivered the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at Brown University on Feb. 8, 2011. His talk, titled “Pursuing Excellence with Racial Equity: A Social Movement for the 21st Century,” focused on the racial achievement gap, which has been the focus of much of his research and writing for the last two decades. The Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture was established at Brown University in 1996, with former New York Mayor David Dinkins as the inaugural speaker.