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  • No Contest

    The Case Against Competition

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    No Contest stands as the definitive critique of competition. Contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to human nature; it poisons our relationships and holds us back from doing our best. In this new edition, Alfie Kohn argues that the race to win turns all of us into losers. ... Read more

    Was $10.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Unconditional Parenting

    Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    A groundbreaking approach to parenting by nationally-respected educator Alfie Kohn that gives parents “powerful alternatives to help children become their most caring, responsible selves” (Adele Faber, New York Times bestselling author) by switching the dynamic from doing things to children to working with them in order to understand their needs and how to meet them.Most parenting guides begin ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Punished By Rewards: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

    The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Revised for the twenty-fifth anniversary of its publication, Alfie Kohn's landmark challenge to carrot-and-stick psychology features updated reflections and research in a major new afterword by the author.Our basic strategy for raising children, teaching students, and managing workers can be summed up in six words: Do this and you’ll get that. We dangle goodies (from candy bars to sales ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Feel-Bad Education

    And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Mind-opening writing on what kids need from school, from one of education’s most outspoken voicesAlmost no writer on schools asks us to question our fundamental assumptions about education and motivation as boldly as Alfie Kohn. The Washington Post says that “teachers and parents who encounter Kohn and his thoughts come away transfixed, ready to change their schools.” And Time magazine has called ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Ungrading

    Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead)

    Edited by Susan D. Blum ...
    Series series Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
    The moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling. In Ungrading, fifteen educators write about their diverse experiences going gradeless. Some contributors are new to the practice and some have been engaging in it for decades. Some are in humanities and social sciences, some in STEM fields. Some are in higher education, but some are the K–12 ... Read more

    Was $19.99 USD Now $10.79 USD

  • What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?

    And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Few writers ask us to question our fundamental assumptions about education as provocatively as Alfie Kohn. Time magazine has called him'perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores.' And the Washington Post says he is 'the most energetic and charismatic figure standing in the way of a major federal effort to make standardized curriculums and tests ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Beyond Discipline

    From Compliance to Community, 10th Anniversary Edition

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    What is most remarkable about the assortment of discipline programs on the market today is the number of fundamental assumptions they seem to share. Some may advocate the use of carrots rather than sticks; some may refer to punishments as "logical consequences." But virtually all take for granted that the teacher must be in control of the classroom, and that what we need are strategies to get ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

  • The Myth of the Spoiled Child

    Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Children and Parenting

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Somehow, a set of deeply conservative assumptions about children -- what they're like and how they should be raised -- have congealed into the conventional wisdom in our society. Parents are accused of being both permissive and overprotective, unwilling to set limits and afraid to let their kids fail. Young people, meanwhile, are routinely described as entitled and narcissistic . . . among other ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Homework Myth

    Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Death and taxes come later; what seems inevitable for children is the idea that, after spending the day at school, they must then complete more academic assignments at home. The predictable results: stress and conflict, frustration and exhaustion. Parents respond by reassuring themselves that at least the benefits outweigh the costs. But what if they don't? In The Homework Myth, nationally known ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • More Than a Score

    The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing

    by Diane Ravitch ...
    "Jesse Hagopian brought a rare moment of truth to the corporate-dominated Education Nation show when he spoke on behalf of his colleagues at Garfield High in Seattle. He instantly became the voice and face of the movement to stop pointless and punitive high-stakes testing."—Diane Ravitch, author of Reign of TerrorIn cities across the country, students are walking out, parents are opting their ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Schools Our Children Deserve

    Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards"

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    In this provocative and well-researched book, Alfie Kohn builds a powerful argument against “teaching to the test” in favor of more child-centered curriculums to raise lifelong learners.Drawing on stories from real classrooms and extensive research, Kohn shows parents, educators, and others how schools can help students explore ideas rather than just fill them with forgettable facts and prepare ... Read more

    $13.49 USD

  • Audiobook

    Unconditional Parenting

    Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Narrated by Alfie Kohn ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 41 min

    One basic need all children have, educator Alfie Kohn argues, is to be loved unconditionally, to know that they will be accepted even if they screw up or fall short. Yet conventional approaches to parenting such as punishments (including "time-outs"), rewards (including positive reinforcement), and other forms of control teach children that they are loved only when they please us or impress us. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD