The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and Tougher Standards

Alfie Kohn

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UPC:
9780618083459
Binding:
Paperback
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Publication Date:
9/5/2000
Release Date:
9/5/2000
Author:
Alfie Kohn
Language:
english
Edition:
Edition Unstated
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Product Overview

In this lively, provocative and well-researched book (Theodore Sizer), AlTe Kohn builds a powerful argument against the back to basics philosophy of teaching and simplistic demands to raise the bar. Drawing on stories from real classrooms and extensive research, Kohn shows parents, educators, and others interested in the debate how schools can help students explore ideas rather than filling them with forgettable facts and preparing them for standardized tests.
Here at last is a book that challenges the two dominant forces in American education: an aggressive nostalgia for traditional teaching (If it was bad enough for me, its bad enough for my kids) and a heavy-handed push for Tougher Standards.