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Book Review of The Under Achieving School

The Under Achieving School
The Under Achieving School
Author: John Holt
Genre: Nonfiction
Book Type: Paperback
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"In this book, John Holt turns from a general analysis of education to an examination of specific problems of American education today: the tyranny of testing, the rat race for college, the failure of ghetto school programs, compulsory attendance, reading failures, and teachers who talk too much." Oh my!