Kohn presents students, academics, researchers, education professionals, and general interest readers with a collection of essays originally published as articles and blog posts between 2010 and 2014 and devoted to challenging the conventional wisdom informing the theory and practice of public education in the United States. The author has organized the thirty-three selections that make up the main body of his text in seven parts devoted to how school reform undermines education; grades, tests, and data; in the classroom; what kids dont need; misrepresenting the research; the ends behind the means; and making change. Alfie Kohn is a education lecturer and author of fourteen books. Annotation 2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
