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The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" - Hardcover
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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.
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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.
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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.
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin (Trade)
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0395940397
- ISBN 13 9780395940396
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages344
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