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Cash incentives won't make us healthier
In its first salvo at reforming health care, Congress is reportedly considering legislation that would help employers set up wellness programs and...
USA TODAY, 05/21/09 by Alfie Kohn · More from publication -
When 21st-century schooling just isn't good enough: a modest proposal: if we're serious about educating for the global economy, let's stop worrying about what kids need!
QUITE A FEW SCHOOL DISTRICT administrators, and even more people who aren't educators but are kind enough to offer their advice about how our field...
District Administration, 02/01/09 by Alfie Kohn · More from publication -
A frightening prospect
Charter schools run the gamut from inspiring to wretched. But the whole idea of "publicly funded private schools," as one critic calls them, is...
USA TODAY, 06/18/08 by Alfie Kohn · More from publication -
Do kids read less for fun? Blame standardized tests
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A TEACHER who regularly invited her students to "drop everything and read their favorite books was asked by a colleague whether...
District Administration, 01/01/08 by Alfie Kohn · More from publication -
Program 'deadens' vitality
"U.S. high school students are ... ignorant of things (that elementary) school students would have known a generation ago," a national magazine...
USA TODAY, 12/26/07 by Alfie Kohn · More from publication -
'Too destructive to salvage'
It's time to say in a national newspaper what millions of teachers, students and parents already know: No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is an appalling...
USA TODAY, 05/31/07 by Alfie Kohn · More from publication -
Truth about Homework, The
Needless assignments persist because of widespread misconceptions about learning There's something perversely fascinating about educational...
Our Schools, Our Selves, 04/01/07 by Kohn, Alfie · More from publication -
Kids may be right after all: Homework stinks
With the start of the new school year, students once again are shifting impatiently in their seats, working their way through an endless pile of...
USA TODAY, 09/14/06 by Alfie Kohn · More from publication -
Reform's 'hammer' fails
Today's debate: Improving public education Opposing view: Much-touted accountability merely punishes schools, students. "The beatings will...
USA TODAY, 12/04/03 by Alfie Kohn · More from publication -
Rethinking character education: challenging the conventional wisdom about camp and kids: a substantial number of people believe that camps can do more than provide an opportunity to have fun: they can also promote children's social and moral growth
This explains the growing interest among camp professionals in the movement known as character education. In its broad sense, that label refers to...
Camping Magazine, 09/01/03 by Alfie Kohn · More from publication
