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The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards"

by Alfie Kohn · 1999

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Argues against the "tougher standards" rhetoric and the current practice of teaching to standarized tests in favor of helping students become more critical, creative thinkers.

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childrens
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medium · 352 pages

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