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The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional ...

Alfie Kohn

ALSO BY ALFIE KOHN No Contest: The Case Against Competition The Brighter Side of Human Nature: Altruism and Empathy in Everyday Life You Know What They Say The Truth About Popular Beliefs Punished by Rewards: The Trouble ...

No Contest: The Case Against Competition

Alfie Kohn

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.

Schooling Beyond Measure and Other Unorthodox Essays about ...

Alfie Kohn

In this collection of provocative articles and blog posts originally published between 2010 and 2014, Alfie Kohn challenges the conventional wisdom about topics ranging from how low-income children are taught, to whether American schools ...

Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community

Alfie Kohn

For this 10th anniversary edition, Kohn adds a new afterword that expands on the book's central themes and responds to questions from readers.

What to Look for in a Classroom: ...and Other Essays

Alfie Kohn

Through all these essays, Kohn calls us back to our own ideals, showing us how we can be more effective at helping students to become good learners and good people.

The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, ...

Alfie Kohn

Kohn's central message is that standardized tests are "not a force of nature but a force of politics-and political decisions can be questioned, challenged, and ultimately reversed."

Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments ...

Alfie Kohn

This is an eye-opening, paradigm-shattering book that will reconnect readers to their own best instincts and inspire them to become better parents.

Feel-Bad Education: And Other Contrarian Essays on Children ...

Alfie Kohn

This new book will be greeted with enthusiasm by his many readers, and by teachers and parents seeking a refreshing perspective on today’s debates about kids and schools.

Punished by rewards: the trouble with gold stars, incentive ...

Alfie Kohn

Criticizes the system of motivating through reward, offering arguments for motivating people by working with them instead of doing things to them

Pointless Book 2: Continued By Alfie Deyes Finished By You

Alfie Deyes

Bigger, better, and even more pointless, The Pointless Book 2 is once again full of hilarious challenges and crazy activities, and the ultimate accessory to Alfie's wonderful PointlessBlog.

The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional ...

Alfie Kohn

Arguing against the "tougher standards" rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.

You Know What They Say: The Truth About Popular Beliefs

Alfie Kohn

The risk, in the words of MuinJ. Khoury, a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control, is "small but measurable." William Schull, whose 1965 study of inbreeding in Japan is one of the classics in the field, estimates that the ...

Alfie: The Life and Times of Alfie Byrne

Trevor White

... 'Witness statement', Bureau of Military History Collection 1913–1921 Long, Patrick, 'O'Duffy, Eoin', Dictionary of Irish Biography (Dublin and Cambridge, 2009) Lyon, Anne, Constitutional History of the UK (London, 2003) Lyons, F. S. L. , John ...

Reflections on Modern History: The Historian and Human ...

Hans Kohn

This collection of essays and addresses epitomize the thinking of Kohn on how he regards the history profession, how he interprets the events of his time, and how he applies his understanding of liberalism, nationalism, and the ...

A Reason for Everything: Natural Selection and the English ...

Marek Kohn

'A marvellous book.' New Scientist. 'A real triumph.' Guardian Marek Kohn's A Reason for Everything is a brilliant and surprising fusion of science and biography.

Kohn on Music Licensing

Al Kohn

Proven tips and suggestions, along with the most up-to-date analysis, are given for the technical aspects of music licensing, from the perspective of both the rights owners and prospective licensees, including How to andquot;clearandquot; a ...

Trust: Self-Interest and the Common Good

Marek Kohn

Trust lies at the very heart of our relationships, our society, and our everyday lives. Kohn's essay consider its connections to a wider complex of factors, including equality, social capital, community, democracy, and health.

Drafting License Agreements

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Al Kohn and Bob Kohn § 15.01 Introduction § 15.02 Basic Music Licensing Factors [A] Fee Structure [1] Practical Constraints [2] Legal Constraints [B] Value of the Song [1] Quantitative Factors Affecting Value [2] Qualitative Factors Affecting ...

Toward Nationalism's End: An Intellectual Biography of Hans Kohn

Adi Gordon

This intellectual biography of Hans Kohn (1891-1971) looks at theories of nationalism in the twentieth century as articulated through the life and work of its leading scholar and activist.

The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit for ...

Thomas A. Crowell

... Nondisclosure Agreements (Nolo Press 2001). MUSIC LAW Al Kohn et al., Kohn on Music Licensing (Aspen Publishers 2002). WEBSITES Attorneys AttorneyThomas A. Crowell,Esq.: www.thomascrowell.com AttorneyIvanSaperstein,Esq.: ...

Czech It Out: Czech American Biography Sourcebook

Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr.

LC KOHEL Descendants of Joannes Kohel and Related Families: Auclair, Ferguson, Grube, Hörz and Panzer. By Michael E. Kohel. Franklin, NC: Genealogy Pub. Service, 2006. 369p. KOHN Illustrated Family Tree of the Kohn, Barnett and ...

The Politics of Humour: Laughter, Inclusion and Exclusion in ...

Martina Kessel

... Frühjahr 1933 in 3 Akten (Berlin-Halensee: Chronos, 1933). 36 Lanzelot [i.e., Carl Martin Köhn], 'An “Porzia!”' Die Brennessel 3 (1933): 182. 37 Lanzelot [i.e., Carl Martin Köhn], 'Darf die deutsche Frau.

Newberry County, South Carolina: Historical and Genealogical

George Leland Summer

Verna Summer Kohn ( Urs. Hal Kohn,Sr.), Haaaie Livingstone ( lira. D. A.}, Ida Cromer McCarley ( urs. S. C.), Klas. Georgia Porter, Trent Keitt Purcell ( Irs. K. B. ) , Helen Smith Reid ( Mrs. William R., Sr.), Lavania Eleazar Summer ( lira. Oscar R .) ...