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Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice
Schools on Trial is an all-in attack on the American way of education and a hopeful blueprint for change by one of the most passionate and certainly youngest writers on this subject.
Are America’s schools little more than cinder-block gulags that spawn vicious cliques and bullying, negate creativity and true learning, and squelch curiosity in their inmates, um, students? Nikhil Goyal—a journalist and activist all of twenty years old, whom The Washington Post has dubbed a “future education secretary” and Forbes has named to its 30 Under 30 list—definitely thinks so. In this book he both offers a scathing indictment of our teach-to-the-test-while-killing-the-spirit educational assembly line and maps out a path for all of our schools to harness children’s natural aptitude for learning by creating an atmosphere conducive to freedom and creativity. He prescribes an inspiring educational future that is thoroughly democratic and experiential, and one that utilizes the entire community as a classroom.
Are America’s schools little more than cinder-block gulags that spawn vicious cliques and bullying, negate creativity and true learning, and squelch curiosity in their inmates, um, students? Nikhil Goyal—a journalist and activist all of twenty years old, whom The Washington Post has dubbed a “future education secretary” and Forbes has named to its 30 Under 30 list—definitely thinks so. In this book he both offers a scathing indictment of our teach-to-the-test-while-killing-the-spirit educational assembly line and maps out a path for all of our schools to harness children’s natural aptitude for learning by creating an atmosphere conducive to freedom and creativity. He prescribes an inspiring educational future that is thoroughly democratic and experiential, and one that utilizes the entire community as a classroom.
- GenresEducationNonfiction
320 pages, Hardcover
First published February 16, 2016
About the author
Nikhil Goyal
5 books73 followersNikhil Goyal is a sociologist and author of Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty (Metropolitan/Macmillan, 2023). He served as senior policy advisor on education and children for Chairman Senator Bernie Sanders on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on the Budget. He developed education, child care, and child tax credit federal legislation as well as a tuition-free college program for incarcerated people and correctional workers in Vermont.
Goyal has appeared on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC, and written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Time, The Nation, and other publications. He was a Kathryn Davis Fellow for Peace at Middlebury College and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow at the Library Company and Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Goyal earned his B.A. at Goddard College and M.Phil and Ph.D at the University of Cambridge. He lives in Vermont.
Goyal has appeared on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC, and written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Time, The Nation, and other publications. He was a Kathryn Davis Fellow for Peace at Middlebury College and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow at the Library Company and Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Goyal earned his B.A. at Goddard College and M.Phil and Ph.D at the University of Cambridge. He lives in Vermont.
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September 13, 2016
Key words in this dreadful "take down" of the American education system: "Some," "most," "many."
Goyal calls himself an autodidact (always amusing for someone who went through traditional schooling to claim he/she got there "completely on my own"). He writes like one. His argument is a mess of tangled scholarship mixed with quotations from polemics and incendiary claims meant only to convince those who find schooling "boring." He relies on "scholarship" and "research," never mentioning that Educational research is often flawed because the researcher can't possibly be in every room in every school, but also because the room CHANGES when observed by extra adults.
I'll just take one paragraph at random.
ON page 20, he writes of the "hell" children go through that "would not be tolerated by any adult." In "MOST" schools (the classic Trumpian gambit--"say MOST and you can imply it's ALL"), he writes, children can't...and then he lists a bunch of stuff kids "can't" do. Kids can chew gum at my school and my children's school. They can use their phones and other electronic devices. They can wear clothing of their choice (though sometimes a kid is asked to change his or her clothing if it doesn't meet dress standards imposed at MOST public and private institutions).
It's too bad Goyal goes the flamethrower route. There's plenty about the system that needs reform.
But this is 2016, and Goyal needs to drum up speaking fees and build his brand. So he burns down the house to spite one of the crooked staircases.
Goyal calls himself an autodidact (always amusing for someone who went through traditional schooling to claim he/she got there "completely on my own"). He writes like one. His argument is a mess of tangled scholarship mixed with quotations from polemics and incendiary claims meant only to convince those who find schooling "boring." He relies on "scholarship" and "research," never mentioning that Educational research is often flawed because the researcher can't possibly be in every room in every school, but also because the room CHANGES when observed by extra adults.
I'll just take one paragraph at random.
ON page 20, he writes of the "hell" children go through that "would not be tolerated by any adult." In "MOST" schools (the classic Trumpian gambit--"say MOST and you can imply it's ALL"), he writes, children can't...and then he lists a bunch of stuff kids "can't" do. Kids can chew gum at my school and my children's school. They can use their phones and other electronic devices. They can wear clothing of their choice (though sometimes a kid is asked to change his or her clothing if it doesn't meet dress standards imposed at MOST public and private institutions).
It's too bad Goyal goes the flamethrower route. There's plenty about the system that needs reform.
But this is 2016, and Goyal needs to drum up speaking fees and build his brand. So he burns down the house to spite one of the crooked staircases.
August 1, 2017
Urban teacher here, with feelings about crap written by a punk snowflake 20-year-old without classroom teaching experience.
1. INTERVIEW ACTUAL TEACHERS BEFORE WRITING A BOOK ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION. Seriously, what is with these writers who love education but hate teachers? Don't smarmily call out "malpractice" of the practitioners of your topic without engaging them or asking for data.
2. Personal annecdotes =/= DATA. Again, the NEA or any other teacher organization is happy to provide data. There's literally Gates Foundation data all over the damn internet about the state of public education. Goyal is arguing for Personalized Learning and Differentiation, as are most teachers - only he's like 5 years behind us.
3. Public school systems are deeply flawed, but they aren't prisons and only assholes casually draw that comparison. You know who else makes the school=prison comparison? Pissy teenagers, and austerity politicians like my sworn enemy IL Gov. Bruce Rauner (R), who recently compared Chicago Public Schools to prisons. Like Rauner, Goyal does NOT know how to use a simile. Many public schools nurture kids who have been incarcerated, or have incarcerated loved ones. From what I can gather, a teacher who checks in on your well-being, makes sure you're fed, helps you act right, wants to help you learn to read... is not at all the same as a prison guard. Again, let the practitioners critique and fix their own practice.
4. Compulsory schooling is good for us as a society. I will leave John Green with the last word on the matter.
1. INTERVIEW ACTUAL TEACHERS BEFORE WRITING A BOOK ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION. Seriously, what is with these writers who love education but hate teachers? Don't smarmily call out "malpractice" of the practitioners of your topic without engaging them or asking for data.
2. Personal annecdotes =/= DATA. Again, the NEA or any other teacher organization is happy to provide data. There's literally Gates Foundation data all over the damn internet about the state of public education. Goyal is arguing for Personalized Learning and Differentiation, as are most teachers - only he's like 5 years behind us.
3. Public school systems are deeply flawed, but they aren't prisons and only assholes casually draw that comparison. You know who else makes the school=prison comparison? Pissy teenagers, and austerity politicians like my sworn enemy IL Gov. Bruce Rauner (R), who recently compared Chicago Public Schools to prisons. Like Rauner, Goyal does NOT know how to use a simile. Many public schools nurture kids who have been incarcerated, or have incarcerated loved ones. From what I can gather, a teacher who checks in on your well-being, makes sure you're fed, helps you act right, wants to help you learn to read... is not at all the same as a prison guard. Again, let the practitioners critique and fix their own practice.
4. Compulsory schooling is good for us as a society. I will leave John Green with the last word on the matter.
February 16, 2016
Goyal does not beat around the bush, resulting in a book that is not an easy pill to swallow, but questions many of the ingrained traditions of the education system, arguing that education must be and can be done better.
This book talks about various models of education that exist in small pockets around the US, arguing that scaling these non-traditional models of education (summerhill, sudbury, etc) to be accessible to more students will be better for our students.
This book talks about various models of education that exist in small pockets around the US, arguing that scaling these non-traditional models of education (summerhill, sudbury, etc) to be accessible to more students will be better for our students.
June 1, 2023
I like idealism. But at some point, you reach a level of moral abstraction about actually-existing systems (like our school system) so extreme that there's no room for the real thing. I think this book, despite a lot of caveats, does real-life, flesh-and-blood teachers a great disservice. The intentions are noble but the effort is misguided and the critique unfair.
April 5, 2016
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*Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I really, really wanted to love this book. Goyal discusses the state of American schools today (a topic you know I care about), and he offers innovative solutions to the problems that they face. However, I really took issue with the way the author presented his arguments and opinions. He has an untempered anger toward schools, and while I don’t doubt that he and many others have been harmed by our poor school system, I would have taken him a lot more seriously had he taken others’ viewpoints more seriously.
I don’t agree with Goyal’s basic premise that children should learn solely (or mainly) through play and self-directed learning, and I’m skeptical about his claim that students who enjoy school are suffering from Stockholm syndrome. If the author had taken the arguments of educators, parents, and policymakers seriously and responded to them thoughtfully, I think this book would have been ten times better, even though I may not agree with Goyal’s ideas.
*Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I really, really wanted to love this book. Goyal discusses the state of American schools today (a topic you know I care about), and he offers innovative solutions to the problems that they face. However, I really took issue with the way the author presented his arguments and opinions. He has an untempered anger toward schools, and while I don’t doubt that he and many others have been harmed by our poor school system, I would have taken him a lot more seriously had he taken others’ viewpoints more seriously.
I don’t agree with Goyal’s basic premise that children should learn solely (or mainly) through play and self-directed learning, and I’m skeptical about his claim that students who enjoy school are suffering from Stockholm syndrome. If the author had taken the arguments of educators, parents, and policymakers seriously and responded to them thoughtfully, I think this book would have been ten times better, even though I may not agree with Goyal’s ideas.
February 29, 2016
Schools on Trial is a book that is close to my belief about Education in General. It's a system that you need to learn to leverage or get out of it asap.
In the book Schools on Trial talks about personal experiences as well as students that the author interviewed. The book is loaded with research, quotes and real information.
If you ever wondered why your smart child comes to you and says, "I don't want to go to school today..." read this book and then give it to them to read as well. Once you have done that put a plan in place on what you will do about it.
Schools were designed in the 19th century, not much has changed, except technology and we are no longer in the industrial age. We are in the Service age.
Go read it today and get informed.
In the book Schools on Trial talks about personal experiences as well as students that the author interviewed. The book is loaded with research, quotes and real information.
If you ever wondered why your smart child comes to you and says, "I don't want to go to school today..." read this book and then give it to them to read as well. Once you have done that put a plan in place on what you will do about it.
Schools were designed in the 19th century, not much has changed, except technology and we are no longer in the industrial age. We are in the Service age.
Go read it today and get informed.
May 5, 2016
As with at least one other reviewer, I really wanted to like this book. Nikhil has genuine concerns about education, and his writing is at its best when reflecting on innovative schools he has personally visited. But I found several parts of the book to be tedious--cobbled together research and loosely-connected quotes talking around and about a topic but leaving me with the distinct impression that he was up against a deadline and ready to be done with it. "Schools on Trial" lacks a consistent voice and is more of a collection of "things I have read" and less a coherent, compelling argument for sustainable, scaleable change in education policy and practice.
June 23, 2018
This book was very eye opening with regards to the inequalities that are present in our education system. As a preservice teacher, this book truly made me rethink the profession and how I can best assist students. Throughout the book, there were many facts and statistics that were used to convey the authors main argument. For instance, when he discusses how awful MOOC courses are he says that “the average course completion rate was 4 percent”. I write this review to somehow attract the attention of Nikhil Goyal’s because as a newly graduated college student myself, I would love to discuss plans and ideas for the future of the education system.
June 22, 2016
A good critique of the modern public school system, though with some bias (which you can read around). You won't look at education the same again.
April 23, 2023
THE POSITIVES: It's extremely readable, and I found it an engaging read even in those early hours on the subway when my energy to read wanes. It starts off strong, and it acknowledges that it may be aggressively taking your own beliefs to task, which is both a strength and weakness of the book. If you're remotely interested in alternative schooling, it's worth picking up. I really enjoyed his combination of anecdotal evidence and studies; they were compelling and I found myself convinced at times. His radical empathy for our children is a good balancing weight to the skepticism that casual readers, such as myself, might be bringing to the text as proponents of public schools. He is a great way to dip your toe into the pond, learn about democratic schooling, and begin to question your own beliefs; he is not, however, going to answer all of your serious questions or offer the depth I needed to get on board and drive the metaphorical school bus of victory for Free Schooling.
THE NEGATIVES: Goyal starts off in his first chapter with immediately incendiary statements, such as comparing crimes against human rights in the Geneva Convention to our current school system. While the parallels are relatively well-made, they're unnecessarily hyperbolic and insensitive to actual prisoners of war. This is a theme in his book: a proclivity towards hyperbole, and on occasion, some cited information and studies that felt irrelevant or inflammatory. In addition, he also works on a lot of "all humans are like this" assumptions (all children are innately curious; all children will get bored and want to learn; all children would inherently benefit from self-directed learning) in a way that feels not inaccurate and unnuanced.
When it comes to defending the critiques of his ideas, there was a mixed bag in terms of his responses. I found several times where he'd respond to real critiques with a paragraph, or even just a sentence, and then move on. In particular, his discussions on literacy fell flat when he cited, "any emotionally normal child in middle-class surroundings will spontaneously learn to read by age nine", as if that isn't a bit late to learn the fundamentals of reading, or that most people don't grow up in such settings. He pays some lip service to the vast majority of kids not in that middle-class setting and says they, "may need formal instruction and additional attention. But that does not refute my overall argument..." There is nothing further on this from him. His inability to meaningfully engage with the potential problems of what he proposes soured me on his seriousness in his goals and his willingness to truly create a system that attempts to lessen the amount of harm it does to our kids.
THE NEGATIVES: Goyal starts off in his first chapter with immediately incendiary statements, such as comparing crimes against human rights in the Geneva Convention to our current school system. While the parallels are relatively well-made, they're unnecessarily hyperbolic and insensitive to actual prisoners of war. This is a theme in his book: a proclivity towards hyperbole, and on occasion, some cited information and studies that felt irrelevant or inflammatory. In addition, he also works on a lot of "all humans are like this" assumptions (all children are innately curious; all children will get bored and want to learn; all children would inherently benefit from self-directed learning) in a way that feels not inaccurate and unnuanced.
When it comes to defending the critiques of his ideas, there was a mixed bag in terms of his responses. I found several times where he'd respond to real critiques with a paragraph, or even just a sentence, and then move on. In particular, his discussions on literacy fell flat when he cited, "any emotionally normal child in middle-class surroundings will spontaneously learn to read by age nine", as if that isn't a bit late to learn the fundamentals of reading, or that most people don't grow up in such settings. He pays some lip service to the vast majority of kids not in that middle-class setting and says they, "may need formal instruction and additional attention. But that does not refute my overall argument..." There is nothing further on this from him. His inability to meaningfully engage with the potential problems of what he proposes soured me on his seriousness in his goals and his willingness to truly create a system that attempts to lessen the amount of harm it does to our kids.
March 19, 2017
I won this book a year ago through First Reads. I put off reading it because I had just read several books about education and I feared the book would be overly hostile and attack teachers as so many critiques of education do. I had a difficult time getting through the introduction, as it was very intense. If it wasn't for needing to review it, I might have stopped reading there. I'm glad I kept reading. I learned a lot about the history of education and the possibilities of education being approached in a different way. I know the free schools and democratic schools would have served my husband and daughter much better than traditional schools did. I have even looked to see if there are any near me, they sound amazing. I think I'd like to work in one, but I wonder about the adjustment period for teachers moving to that environment and what a teacher's day would look there in that environment. This book is definitely worth a read. Happy reading.
May 31, 2018
I won a copy of this book during a Goodreads giveaway. I am under no obligation to leave a review or rating and do so voluntarily. I am paying it forward by passing this book along to a family member who I think will enjoy it too.
October 8, 2020
Goyal draws on lots of previous reform writers and a bit on the 1930s Progressives like John Dewey. He argues against compulsory education; identifying that students need more creative and free options.
July 11, 2017
Very illuminating. Everyone should read this book.
March 17, 2019
I'm in agreement with some of the philosophy but would recommend other books instead.
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March 27, 2020This is a good book.
March 18, 2022
Provocative book that shook the foundation of how I understand my own education and would like to see future generations educated. I cannot wait to see what comes next from this author.
June 11, 2019
When it comes to how the 'Schools on Trial' was done, I'd say not bad for a 22-year-old author.
Nikhil Goyal is a young, first-time book writer (I believe), and after having done the K-12 madness not too long before you can sense that his past experiences played a role in how the book was written. The traditional K-12 public school was designed by Horace Mann, a follower of the Prussian school model, and later influenced by Frederick Taylor, the father of Sci. Management, or Taylorism, as an inadvertent means to suppress and ask obedience from kids. Goyal’s examples of education (democratic, free, and workshop schools and homeschooling and unschooling) and work culture (apprenticeships and workplaces not requiring degrees) vividly show why the traditional school doesn't work and must be obliterated.
I think Nikhil is off to a good start with education reform, but he needs to write more books that pertain to niche education and profession subject matters such as free schools, unschooling, and apprenticeships to sway the public more. In addition, I wish he had something positive to say about traditional public schools despite our common dislike of them and he needs more information about teacher pay as teaching is becoming a less attractive job by the year and might have a role in improved education quality throughout the world.
For the record, Nikhil should have NEVER mentioned General Assembly, especially the one in Chicago. It's a useless and wasteful one-floor space of vacated WeWork offices that were rent-deprived and was replaced with overpriced classrooms consisted of materials that I could have learned on a YouTube video, podcast, or some bum I got in touch with on Craigslist. He definitely should not have mentioned online classes as a positive, but I appreciated his book informing me that only 4% of those classes get completed and thus convinced me realize that Udemy, for-profit online schools, and other visual forms of poison that cause isolation, sedentary-induced unhealthiness, and no craft refinement are sunk costs waiting to happen.
I am not sure that the mass public will be convinced of his findings because of their hatred of change or, a reason he acknowledged as a reason for the prolonging of traditional public schools, convenience as parents who need a place for their kids to be while they are at work. The public is stubborn like an aging Drumpf-voting grandpa who wants things to go the way they are because that is all that they know. Sadly, unlike the grandpa, the public thinks that they know the public school system because of their own education memories and sleepiness to harsh changes taking place in education. Before they can either have kids or place their kids in school, they must realize that the public school systems under Bush, Obama, and Drumpf are not the schools they once graduated from, let alone the schools people four to ten years younger once attended.
'Schools on Trial' is a great eye-opener and warning sign for young parents finding schools and constructing futures. Until they read a book like this, most parents will hurt their kids by having them in the traditional public school system, and, shootings notwithstanding, some of these parents may not even have kids based on the damages the traditional public school system cause their students.
Nikhil Goyal is a young, first-time book writer (I believe), and after having done the K-12 madness not too long before you can sense that his past experiences played a role in how the book was written. The traditional K-12 public school was designed by Horace Mann, a follower of the Prussian school model, and later influenced by Frederick Taylor, the father of Sci. Management, or Taylorism, as an inadvertent means to suppress and ask obedience from kids. Goyal’s examples of education (democratic, free, and workshop schools and homeschooling and unschooling) and work culture (apprenticeships and workplaces not requiring degrees) vividly show why the traditional school doesn't work and must be obliterated.
I think Nikhil is off to a good start with education reform, but he needs to write more books that pertain to niche education and profession subject matters such as free schools, unschooling, and apprenticeships to sway the public more. In addition, I wish he had something positive to say about traditional public schools despite our common dislike of them and he needs more information about teacher pay as teaching is becoming a less attractive job by the year and might have a role in improved education quality throughout the world.
For the record, Nikhil should have NEVER mentioned General Assembly, especially the one in Chicago. It's a useless and wasteful one-floor space of vacated WeWork offices that were rent-deprived and was replaced with overpriced classrooms consisted of materials that I could have learned on a YouTube video, podcast, or some bum I got in touch with on Craigslist. He definitely should not have mentioned online classes as a positive, but I appreciated his book informing me that only 4% of those classes get completed and thus convinced me realize that Udemy, for-profit online schools, and other visual forms of poison that cause isolation, sedentary-induced unhealthiness, and no craft refinement are sunk costs waiting to happen.
I am not sure that the mass public will be convinced of his findings because of their hatred of change or, a reason he acknowledged as a reason for the prolonging of traditional public schools, convenience as parents who need a place for their kids to be while they are at work. The public is stubborn like an aging Drumpf-voting grandpa who wants things to go the way they are because that is all that they know. Sadly, unlike the grandpa, the public thinks that they know the public school system because of their own education memories and sleepiness to harsh changes taking place in education. Before they can either have kids or place their kids in school, they must realize that the public school systems under Bush, Obama, and Drumpf are not the schools they once graduated from, let alone the schools people four to ten years younger once attended.
'Schools on Trial' is a great eye-opener and warning sign for young parents finding schools and constructing futures. Until they read a book like this, most parents will hurt their kids by having them in the traditional public school system, and, shootings notwithstanding, some of these parents may not even have kids based on the damages the traditional public school system cause their students.
April 13, 2016
Are our public schools failing due to neglect and corruption or are they failing because their design is fundamentally flawed and damaging? This is the question at the center of Nikhil Goyal's Schools on Trial. Through detailed and exhaustive research, he explores the history of America's public schooling and it's shortcomings at the conceptual level. There is a lot of negativity in the beginning (i.e. if schools are set up the same as prisons, how can we hold children responsible for resorting to a prison mentality?), but the bulk of the book is hopeful. Goyal cites example after example of schools that are educating students in new and innovative ways, using technology and the very community they inhabit to build something more lasting and tangible than test scores. The fact that Goyal is so young allows him to write about these things with a sense of urgency most of us have already lost. I wouldn't say this is a thorough blueprint of how we can fundamentally change our education system, but instead a call to arms. It hopes to get us mad enough and informed enough to start making the changes necessary to save an education system increasingly in shambles.
September 27, 2018
This book is an eye opener even for a homeschooling mom like myself. It makes me very sad to see how incarceration, I mean schools, came into being.
I am surprised there isn't more bullying and push back from students than there already is. When you lock them up in a building for 7-8 hours a day and they have to have permission to do everything from talking to using the bathroom, what should we expect? Would you like to be treated this way?
I know I am blessed to teach my kids at home, and that some parents wish they could but have to work. Find the best alternative available and do your best.
This book covers many topics including how public schools began, why testing doesn't work, why there's so much bullying, how smart and creative kids are before going to school and less so when they finish, better ways to evaluate learning, and so much more.
This is a must read for educators, parents, government leaders and of course, students.
I am surprised there isn't more bullying and push back from students than there already is. When you lock them up in a building for 7-8 hours a day and they have to have permission to do everything from talking to using the bathroom, what should we expect? Would you like to be treated this way?
I know I am blessed to teach my kids at home, and that some parents wish they could but have to work. Find the best alternative available and do your best.
This book covers many topics including how public schools began, why testing doesn't work, why there's so much bullying, how smart and creative kids are before going to school and less so when they finish, better ways to evaluate learning, and so much more.
This is a must read for educators, parents, government leaders and of course, students.
January 15, 2016
Schools on Trial was a disappointment as Nikhil Goyal blames the school system but ignores facts and figures. He cities schools that are not public which means that they do not have to keep students who do not want to learn. Nikhil Goyal says that schools are not places of learning but where bullying is common place and are closer to gulags. He does not have proof. His answer is to be kinder encourage creativity and things will be better. I disagree maybe he needs to understand that schools should be teaching reading , writing and math so if you want to you can get a job. Schools are not by design there to correct the faults of anyone. I was hoping that he would suggest solutions. Oh, well.
I received this thru a Goodreads Giveaway.
I received this thru a Goodreads Giveaway.
April 8, 2016
Schools on Trial examines the status of our educational system and the alternatives that can perhaps breathe new life into our pedagogical institutions or replace them altogether. An inspiring and informative glimpse at the flaws of standardized education and the necessity for children's freedom to take command of their own education.
August 15, 2017
This books is a shout for help by all the teachers and students in the world who have suffer from the educational system. I think this book should be read for every school administrator, parents and students. I believe that society should advocate for a better school system and what better way to do it by at least being informed about it.
September 22, 2016
Written from the author's perspective (which doesn't negate the meaning), but his research is mostly newspaper articles and/or small statistical sample sizes. I agree with the sentiment, but felt the research could be stronger.
February 2, 2016
Some interesting thoughts, but it is oversimplified and I question some of the connections since it is mostly a personal look with not a lot of context.
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