Education Issues

In Defense of Our Children: When Politics, Profit, and Education Collide – Elaine M. Garan, Ph.D. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes – Alfie Kohn
The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards” – Alfie Kohn What Does it Mean to be Well Educated? And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies – Alfie KohnSavage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools – Jonathan Kozol
Testing is Not Teaching: What Should Count in Education – Donald H. Graves
The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools – Alfie Kohn
The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids-Madeline Levine, Ph.D.
The Hurried Child: growing up too fast too soon – David Elkind, Ph.D.