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The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards"
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date September 7, 1999
Pages 344
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780395940396
ISBN-10 0395940397
Dimensions 1 by 6.25 by 9.75 in.
Weight 1.40 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $24.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Arguing against the 'tougher standards' rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Tour. (view table of contents)
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Hardcover
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from Houghton Mifflin (September 7, 1999)
9780395940396 | details & prices | 344 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $24.00
About: 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
With Andrew Alpern, Seymour B. Durst | from McGraw-Hill (January 1, 1984); titled "Holdouts!"
9780070013773 | details & prices | List price $44.00
This edition also contains Holdouts!
About: Examines the resistance of property owners in New York City to selling to real estate developers, who plan to tear down the buildings and construct new ones in their place
Paperback
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from Mariner Books (September 5, 2000); titled "The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and Tougher Standards"
9780618083459 | details & prices | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Arguing against the 'tougher standards' rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning.

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