The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" - Hardcover

Kohn, Alfie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395940397 ISBN 13: 9780395940396

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1999

Synopsis

Arguing against the "tougher standards" rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Tour.

About this title

About the Author:

Alfie Kohn's six previous books include Punished by Rewards and No Contest: The Case Against Competition, as well as Beyond Displine and What to Look for in a Classroom. Descrilbed by Time magazine last year as "perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of educational fixation on grades and test scores," he is a popular lecturer, speaker to teachers, parents, and reasearchers accross the country. The author currently resides in Belmont, Massachusetts.

Synopsis:

Argues against the "tougher standards" rhetoric and the current practice of teaching to standarized tests in favor of helping students become more critical, creative thinkers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0395940397
• ISBN 13: 9780395940396
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344