Drawing on stories from real classrooms and extensive research, Kohn tells 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. ...Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by…
The book presents a fresh perspective on today's headlines about education and on what our children will be asked to do in class tomorrow morning. It is a persuasive invitation to rethink our most basic assumptions about schooling.'