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Argues against the "tougher standards" rhetoric and the current practice of teaching to standarized tests in favor of helping students become more critical, creative thinkers.
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Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards"
2000, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
in English
0547630662 9780547630663
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The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards"
September 5, 2000, Mariner Books
in English
0618083456 9780618083459
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Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and Tougher Standards
2000, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
in English
1299884296 9781299884298
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The schools our children deserve: moving beyond traditional classrooms and "tougher standards"
1999, Houghton Mifflin Co.
in English
0395940397 9780395940396
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The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards"
September 7, 1999, Houghton Mifflin
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0395940397 9780395940396
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Part one : Tougher standards versus better education
Getting motivation wrong : the costs of overemphasizing achievement
Getting teaching and learning wrong : traditional education and its victims
Getting evaluation wrong : the case against standardized testing
Getting school reform wrong : the arrogance of top-down coercion
Getting improvement wrong : confusing harder with better
Part two : For the love of learning
Starting from scratch
Education at its best
Getting the 3 r's right
The way out
Appendix A : The hard evidence
Appendix B : What to look for in a classroom.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-332) and index.
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"WHAT'S WRONG with this picture?"
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