Schools Our Children Deserve The

In this provocative and well-researched book Alfie Kohn builds a powerful argument against “teaching to the test” in favor of more child-centered curriculums to raise lifelong learners. Drawing on stories from real classrooms and extensive research Kohn shows parents educators and others how schools can help students explore ideas rather than just fill them with forgettable facts and prepare 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 it’s bad enough for my kids”) and a heavy-handed push for “tougher standards.”