false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649081m/111213.jpg 111213 2 Teacher-turned-writer Alfie Kohn takes on traditional-education giants like E.D. Hirsch, along with practically every state government "raising the bar" and toughening standards, in this attack on the back-to-basics movement. An established critic of America's fixation on grades and test scores, Kohn has written a detailed, methodical treatise that accuses politicians and educators of replacing John Dewey, the father of public education, with test-tutoring king Stanley Kaplan. The current standards movement that demands students learn a list of dates and facts prepares kids for <I>Jeopardy</I>, Kohn argues, not real life. He joins David C. Berliner and Bruce J. Biddle (<I>The Manufactured Crisis</I>) in questioning whether today's schools are truly floundering, warning that romantic memories of the old school, with its tests, worksheets, and drills, are purely that--memories romanticized by time and perception.<p> Kohn backs up his argument with research and observations from like-minded reformers such as Deborah Meier, but his position is nothing new. Rather, it is a volley back at traditionalists, a direct counter to Hirsch's 1996 book <I>The Schools We Need</I>, which Kohn critically dissects at length, even accusing Hirsch of incorrectly generalizing footnoted research. Kohn also takes issue with the backlash against the whole-language approach to reading instruction (though this argument wears thin, given that many schools have already moved beyond the debate to use a combination of whole language and phonics). The overall message of <I>The Schools Our Children Deserve</I> is a valid cautionary tale about the future of American education that deserves to be heard out by teachers, policymakers, and parents. <I>--Jodi Mailander Farrell</I> 2748118 1999 The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" total:85|5:37|4:34|3:12|2:1|1:1| 85 360 163 19 5 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 17:13:21 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 17:31:07 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 23:12:40 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 23:14:18 -0700 2008 This book is a response to ED Hirsch’s The Schools We Need and Diane Ravitchâ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 15:04:23 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 15:07:54 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Apr 26 23:44:27 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 21 19:12:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 13:20:08 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 13:21:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Dec 21 09:12:08 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 09:13:02 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon May 19 13:58:04 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 20 14:59:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 08 22:54:09 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 23:00:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 14 15:31:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 15:31:00 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 11 04:32:36 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 04:34:53 -0800 2008 3 0 true false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 22:28:04 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 18 21:09:22 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 20:48:46 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 11:42:59 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Sep 26 18:55:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 18:55:38 -0700 2008 ]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jul 25 10:06:38 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 10:07:14 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Apr 22 10:17:55 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 10:19:42 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jan 18 11:37:17 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 27 16:40:53 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 27 16:41:35 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 23 18:26:25 -0700 2008 Tue May 05 02:47:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 08 16:00:17 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 16:00:49 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 19:21:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 19:21:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 08:47:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 08:47:00 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=111213