Alfie Kohn

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born

October 15, 1957

gender

male

place of birth

The United States

website

http://www.alfiekohn.org/

genre

Parenting & Families

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Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of eleven books and scores of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations.

Kohn's criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and he has been described in Time magazine as "perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores."

Kohn lives (actually) in the Boston area with his wife and two children, and (virtually) at www.alfiekohn.org.

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avg rating: 4.10 | 1,185 ratings | 318 reviews | 17 distinct works | 11 fans

	Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn avg rating 4.18 — 474 ratings — published 2005 3 editions	my rating:
	Punished by Rewards: The Trouble With Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A'S, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn avg rating 4.17 — 226 ratings — published 1993 4 editions	my rating:
	The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" by Alfie Kohn avg rating 4.22 — 83 ratings — published 1999 2 editions	my rating:
	No Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn avg rating 4.06 — 85 ratings — published 1986 3 editions	my rating:
	The Homework Myth by Alfie Kohn avg rating 3.89 — 88 ratings — published 2006 3 editions	my rating:
	What Does it Mean to Be Well-Educated?: And Other Essays on Standards, Grading, and other Follies by Alfie Kohn avg rating 3.81 — 64 ratings — published 2004 2 editions	my rating:
	Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community by Alfie Kohn avg rating 3.95 — 59 ratings — published 1996 3 editions	my rating:
	The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools by Alfie Kohn avg rating 4.39 — 23 ratings — published 2000	my rating:
	What to Look for in a Classroom: And Other Essays by Alfie Kohn avg rating 3.80 — 20 ratings — published 1998 2 editions	my rating:
	The Brighter Side of Human Nature: Altruism Empathy in Everyday Life by Alfie Kohn avg rating 3.80 — 5 ratings — published 1990 2 editions	my rating: