Confusing Harder With Better
By Alfie Kohn
Never underestimate the power of a catchy slogan and a false dichotomy. When a politician pronounces himself a supporter of "law and order" or "a strong defense," you may protest that it's not that simple, but even as you start to explain why, you've already been dismissed as soft on crime or unwilling to defend Our Way of Life.
Read MoreEducation will be seriously reformed only after we move it from a matter of "importance" to a matter of "life and death," both for society and for the individuals themselves.
Read MoreThis might be the most influential education article I've read in my career and I read it again and again regularly. However, his description of the "pedagogy of poverty" isn't just in low economic schools, I am sad to say. I see such uninspired teaching too often in schools of all social status.
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