Alina Tugend is a writer and author. She was a staff writer at Education Week early in her career and spent a decade as a New York Times columnist. She has written on education for the New York Times Magazine and other publications and is a regular contributor to the New York Times quarterly education supplement. She is the author of Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong.
Alina Tugend
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