Educator Kohn (Punished by Rewards) presents 19 essays (previously published in such newspapers and journals as the New York Times and Education Week) in this spirited and incisive probe of education ...

Most books about parenting offer tips for handling kids when they act up: how to get them to go to bed without a fuss; how to cure their picky eating habits; how to stop them from talking back. But ...

“So how should we reward teachers? We shouldn’t. They’re not pets. Rather, teachers should be paid well, freed from misguided mandates, treated with respect, and provided with the support they need to ...

School is making your children hate learning. Homework is killing their creativity. They forget everything they learned for the big test once they turn it in. Such is the mantra of Alfie Kohn. In town ...

Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and scores of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as ...

Author and lecturer Alfie Kohn is known for being controversial in his critiques of education in the United States. That's exactly why officials at Creative Learning Academy, in partnership with the ...

The gospel of Alfie Kohn says homework is evil. And I say amen. Teachers may come with honeyed lips to proclaim its virtue. Parents may plead for more to keep their children from temptation. But every ...

Alfie Kohn has been writing and speaking about education, human behavior and parenting for more than two decades, writing 14 books and hundreds of articles for newspapers, magazines and journals. His ...

Education watchdog and author Kohn (No Contest: The Case Against Competition) questions why teachers and parents continue to insist on overloading kids with homework when there are no definitive ...

I found Alfie Kohn’s Commentary offensive and useless (“Corridor Wit—Talking Back to Our Teachers,” Sept. 28, 2011). He must have attended terrible schools and had incompetent teachers. His essay, ...

Thanks for inviting me to join you on this forum so we can be overheard by people other than a waiter when we affectionately poke each other. Of course you’re right that we agree on the big ...

Alfie Kohn is the author of eleven books, including The Schools Our Children Deserve, The Case Against Standardized Testing and What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated? School reform could take on new ...