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Feel-Bad Education
Feel-Bad Education
Written by Alfie Kohn
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807001400
Our Price: $15.00
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Feel-Bad Education
And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling
Written by Alfie Kohn


Format: Trade Paperback, 196 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $15.00

Mind-opening writing on what kids need from school, from one of education’s most outspoken voices
 
Arguing that our schools are currently in the grip of a “cult of rigor”—a confusion of harder with better that threatens to banish both joy and meaningful intellectual inquiry from our classrooms—Alfie Kohn issues a... Read more >
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Feel-Bad Education
And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling
Written by Alfie Kohn


Format: eBook
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $15.00

Mind-opening writing on what kids need from school, from one of education’s most outspoken voices
 
Almost no writer on schools asks us to question our fundamental assumptions about education and motivation as boldly as Alfie Kohn. The Washington Post says that “teachers and parents who encounter Kohn and his thoughts come away... Read more >
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Many Children Left Behind
Many Children Left Behind
Written by Deborah Meier
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807004593
Our Price: $14.00
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Many Children Left Behind
How the No Child Left Behind Act Is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools
Written by Deborah Meier


Format: Trade Paperback, 152 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2004
Price: $14.00

Signed into law in 2002, the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) promised to revolutionize American public education. Originally supported by a bipartisan coalition, it purports to improve public schools by enforcing a system of standards and accountability through high-stakes testing. Many people supported it originally, despite doubts, because of... Read more >
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Many Children Left Behind
How the No Child Left Behind Act Is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools
Written by Deborah Meier


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 29, 2004
Price: $14.00

Signed into law in 2002, the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) promised to revolutionize American public education. Originally supported by a bipartisan coalition, it purports to improve public schools by enforcing a system of standards and accountability through high-stakes testing. Many people supported it originally, despite doubts, because of... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?
And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies
Written by Alfie Kohn


Format: eBook
On Sale: May 15, 2004
Price: $16.00

Few writers ask us to question our fundamental assumptions about education as provocatively as Alfie Kohn. Time magazine has called him'perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores.' And the Washington Post says he is 'the most energetic and charismatic figure standing in the way... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?
What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?
Written by Alfie Kohn
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807032671
Our Price: $16.00
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What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?
And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies
Written by Alfie Kohn


Format: Trade Paperback, 212 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2004
Price: $16.00

Few writers ask us to question our fundamental assumptions about education as provocatively as Alfie Kohn. Time magazine has called him'perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores.' And the Washington Post says he is 'the most energetic and charismatic figure standing in the way... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
In Schools We Trust
In Schools We Trust
Written by Deborah Meier
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807031513
Our Price: $17.00
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In Schools We Trust
Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization
Written by Deborah Meier


Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2003
Price: $17.00

A visionary look at trust and schools that takes on some of today's hottest education issues-from testing to small schools-all grounded in stories of the innovative and hugely successful public schools Deborah Meier has famously founded. Read more >
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