“Back to Basics” Again! What Does it Mean for Students and Teachers?

Many of our elected officials have virtually handed the keys to our schools over to corporate interests. Presidential commissions on education are commonly chaired by the executives of large companies. ~Alfie Kohn, The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards” (p. 15, 1999)  Back to Basics is back! Those famous words […]

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