Alfie Kohn Books

You Know What They Say: The Truth About Popular Beliefs
Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community
The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools
Education, Inc.: Turning Learning into a Business
No Contest: The Case Against Competition
No Contest
No Contest

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No Contest: The Case Against Competition
Punished by Rewards
Punished by Rewards

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The schools our children deserve
The schools our children deserve

By Alfie Kohn

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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.

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A Brand New Bird: How Two Amateur Scientists Created The First Genetically Engineered Animal
A Brand New Bird: How Two Amateur Scientists Created The First Genetically Engineered Animal

By Alfie Kohn, T. R. Birkhead, Tim Birkhead

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Chronicles how a green bird discovered by Spanish explorers was bred to have yellow feathers, and how amateur scientists Duncker and Reich started genetic engineering on the way to producing a red...

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