All Products by Alfie Kohn

Schooling Beyond Measure and Other Unorthodox Essays About Education

Alfie Kohn

Pub Date: 5/5/2015 1
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K-12th

In this collection of provocative articles and blog posts originally published between 2010 and 2014, Alfie Kohn challenges the conventional wisdom about topics ranging from how low-income children are taught, to whether American schools have really fallen behind those in other countries.  Why, he asks, do we assume learning can... more

Schooling Beyond Measure and Other Unorthodox Essays About Education (eBook)

Alfie Kohn

Pub Date: 5/5/2015 1
Product Type: eBook
Grade: K-12th

In this collection of provocative articles and blog posts originally published between 2010 and 2014, Alfie Kohn challenges the conventional wisdom about topics ranging from how low-income children are taught, to whether American schools have really fallen behind those in other countries.  Why, he asks, do we assume learning can... more

Schooling Beyond Measure and Other Unorthodox Essays About Education (PrinteBook Bundle)

Alfie Kohn

Pub Date: 5/5/2015 1
Product Type: Print + eBook
Grade: K-12th

In this collection of provocative articles and blog posts originally published between 2010 and 2014, Alfie Kohn challenges the conventional wisdom about topics ranging from how low-income children are taught, to whether American schools have really fallen behind those in other countries.  Why, he asks, do we assume learning can... more

Education, Inc.

Alfie Kohn , Patrick Shannon

Pub Date: 9/10/2002
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K-12th

While educators want their students to grow into thoughtful and curious people, the overriding objective of corporations is to maximize their own profits. From that fact alone we can predict what is likely to happen to the nature and purposes of our schools when business becomes involved in the education of our children. This unique... more

The Case Against Standardized Testing

Alfie Kohn

Pub Date: 9/8/2000 1
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K-12th

The more we learn about standardized testing.the more likely we are to be appalled. And the more appalled we are, the more inclined we will be to do what is necessary to protect our children. —Alfie Kohn Our students are tested to an extent that is unprecedented in American history and unparalleled anywhere in the world.... more