The schools our children deserve : moving beyond traditional classrooms and "tougher standards"
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999., Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999.
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vi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999., Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-332) and index.
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"Are our schools in trouble because they have lowered their standards and strayed too far from the basics? Just the opposite, says Alfie Kohn: if American students are getting less than they deserve, it's due to simplistic demands to "raise the bar" and an aggressive nostalgia for traditional teaching."--BOOK JACKET.
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"Kohn has an ambitious yet practical vision of what our children's classrooms could be like. Drawing on a remarkable body of research, he helps parents and others interested in education understand the need to move beyond a "bunch o' facts" model of teaching. Using stories from real classrooms, he shows how this can be done.
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Along the way, he offers surprising insights about the Whole Language-versus-phonics controversy, why a straight-A report card may not be good news, and how we can best gauge the progress of schools and students."--BOOK JACKET.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kohn, A. (1999). The schools our children deserve: moving beyond traditional classrooms and "tougher standards" . Houghton Mifflin Co..

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Kohn, Alfie. 1999. The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "tougher Standards". Houghton Mifflin Co.

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Kohn, Alfie. The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "tougher Standards" Houghton Mifflin Co, 1999.

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Kohn, Alfie. The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "tougher Standards" Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999.

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