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What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?: And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies
What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated And More Essays on Standards Grading and Other Follies
Author: Alfie Kohn
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 of a major fed...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807032671
ISBN-10: 0807032670
Publication Date: 5/15/2004
Pages: 208
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Publisher: Beacon Press
Book Type: Paperback
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This collection of essays is classiclly Kohn......thoughtful, engaging and centered. I had read of it several times and found it to be just as it was presented. If a areader wants thoughtful reading on what the business community has inflicted upon public educaion, this book will be enlightening.
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I'm not even going to attempt to write an intelligent review.

It's fantastic. If you have even the slightest interest in education, you absolutely must read it.

I'm still kicking myself for sending it out. I may just buy another copy to keep.


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