ALFIE KOHN is the author of seven books on education, including Punished by Rewards and The Schools Our Children Deserve. He lectures widely and works with educators across the country and abroad.

"Of the dozens of 'experts' on what's wrong (and right) in U.S. schools, only a handful are truly worth reading; Kohn has long been one of the soundest." --Booklist "Kohn's message, if heeded, could inspire a productive revolution in America's fatigued regime of public education." --Publisher's Weekly "This collection...reminds us that many schools have veered off course in their day-to-day business. And it's a primer that, if taken seriously, can put schools back on the right track." --Educational Leadership "Informative, inspiring, and thought-provoking." --Library Journal

• Introduction ixPart One: Classroom Mismanagement 11 The Limits of Teaching Skills 32 The Trouble with School Uniforms 83 Beyond Discipline 114 How Not to Teach Values: A Critical Look at Character Education 16Part Two: American Ideology Goes to School 455 Resistance to Cooperative Learning: Making Sense of its Deletion and Dilution 476 “A Lot of Fat Kids Who Don’t Like to Read: The Effects of Pizza Hut’s Book It! Program and Other Reading Incentives 697 Grading: The Issue Is not How But Why 738 Grade Inflation and Other Red Herrings 829 Only for my Kid: How Privileged Parents Undermine School Reform 85Part Three: Unquestioned Assumptions About Children 10910 Suffer the Restless Children: Unsettling Questions About the ADHD Label 11111 The Truth About Self-Esteem 13512 Television and Children: ReViewing the Evidence 166Part Four: Business as Usual 18713 The Five-Hundred-Pound Gorilla 18914 The False Premises of School Choice Plans 20715 Students Don’t “Work” – They Learn 21016 The Littlest Customers: TQM Goes to School 215Part Five: Lessons Learned 22517 Caring Kids: The Role of the Schools 22718 Choices for Children: Why and How to Let Students Decide 24919 What to Look for in a Classroom 277Index 281The Author 289

ALFIE KOHN is the author of seven books on education, including Punished by Rewards and The Schools Our Children Deserve. He lectures widely and works with educators across the country and abroad.

"Of the dozens of 'experts' on what's wrong (and right) in U.S. schools, only a handful are truly worth reading; Kohn has long been one of the soundest." --Booklist "Kohn's message, if heeded, could inspire a productive revolution in America's fatigued regime of public education." --Publisher's Weekly "This collection...reminds us that many schools have veered off course in their day-to-day business. And it's a primer that, if taken seriously, can put schools back on the right track." --Educational Leadership "Informative, inspiring, and thought-provoking." --Library Journal

• Introduction ixPart One: Classroom Mismanagement 11 The Limits of Teaching Skills 32 The Trouble with School Uniforms 83 Beyond Discipline 114 How Not to Teach Values: A Critical Look at Character Education 16Part Two: American Ideology Goes to School 455 Resistance to Cooperative Learning: Making Sense of its Deletion and Dilution 476 “A Lot of Fat Kids Who Don’t Like to Read: The Effects of Pizza Hut’s Book It! Program and Other Reading Incentives 697 Grading: The Issue Is not How But Why 738 Grade Inflation and Other Red Herrings 829 Only for my Kid: How Privileged Parents Undermine School Reform 85Part Three: Unquestioned Assumptions About Children 10910 Suffer the Restless Children: Unsettling Questions About the ADHD Label 11111 The Truth About Self-Esteem 13512 Television and Children: ReViewing the Evidence 166Part Four: Business as Usual 18713 The Five-Hundred-Pound Gorilla 18914 The False Premises of School Choice Plans 20715 Students Don’t “Work” – They Learn 21016 The Littlest Customers: TQM Goes to School 215Part Five: Lessons Learned 22517 Caring Kids: The Role of the Schools 22718 Choices for Children: Why and How to Let Students Decide 24919 What to Look for in a Classroom 277Index 281The Author 289

ALFIE KOHN is the author of seven books on education, including Punished by Rewards and The Schools Our Children Deserve. He lectures widely and works with educators across the country and abroad.

"Of the dozens of 'experts' on what's wrong (and right) in U.S. schools, only a handful are truly worth reading; Kohn has long been one of the soundest." --Booklist "Kohn's message, if heeded, could inspire a productive revolution in America's fatigued regime of public education." --Publisher's Weekly "This collection...reminds us that many schools have veered off course in their day-to-day business. And it's a primer that, if taken seriously, can put schools back on the right track." --Educational Leadership "Informative, inspiring, and thought-provoking." --Library Journal

• Introduction ixPart One: Classroom Mismanagement 11 The Limits of Teaching Skills 32 The Trouble with School Uniforms 83 Beyond Discipline 114 How Not to Teach Values: A Critical Look at Character Education 16Part Two: American Ideology Goes to School 455 Resistance to Cooperative Learning: Making Sense of its Deletion and Dilution 476 “A Lot of Fat Kids Who Don’t Like to Read: The Effects of Pizza Hut’s Book It! Program and Other Reading Incentives 697 Grading: The Issue Is not How But Why 738 Grade Inflation and Other Red Herrings 829 Only for my Kid: How Privileged Parents Undermine School Reform 85Part Three: Unquestioned Assumptions About Children 10910 Suffer the Restless Children: Unsettling Questions About the ADHD Label 11111 The Truth About Self-Esteem 13512 Television and Children: ReViewing the Evidence 166Part Four: Business as Usual 18713 The Five-Hundred-Pound Gorilla 18914 The False Premises of School Choice Plans 20715 Students Don’t “Work” – They Learn 21016 The Littlest Customers: TQM Goes to School 215Part Five: Lessons Learned 22517 Caring Kids: The Role of the Schools 22718 Choices for Children: Why and How to Let Students Decide 24919 What to Look for in a Classroom 277Index 281The Author 289