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📋 Curriculum Critique

A sharp examination of what we teach and why, questioning the assumptions and power structures embedded in educational frameworks.
The Boy Who Could Change the World
by Aaron Swartz • 2015
Schools were built to kill your curiosity. A radical vision for learning differently.
4.21
477
🏠 Unschooling🏛️ Deschooling🕵️ Hidden Curriculum
The Boy Who Could Change the World Summary
The Boy Who Could Change the World 91%
Schools were built to kill your curiosity. A radical vision for learning differently.
by Aaron Swartz 2015
4.21
477 ratings
🏠 Unschooling🏛️ Deschooling🕵️ Hidden Curriculum
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition
by John Taylor Gatto • 2002
An award-winning teacher walked away. His reason: the system is designed to crush independence.
4.14
12k+
🌱 Alternative Education🏫 Compulsory Schooling📝 Hidden Curriculum
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition Summary
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition 91%
An award-winning teacher walked away. His reason: the system is designed to crush independence.
by John Taylor Gatto 2002
4.14
12k+ ratings
🌱 Alternative Education🏫 Compulsory Schooling📝 Hidden Curriculum
Failure to Disrupt
by Justin Reich • 2020
Every new classroom technology gets absorbed into old routines. The real barrier was never the tech.
4.23
252
💻 Educational Technology🔍 Edtech Critique🌐 Online Learning
Failure to Disrupt Summary
Failure to Disrupt 90%
Every new classroom technology gets absorbed into old routines. The real barrier was never the tech.
by Justin Reich 2020
4.23
252 ratings
💻 Educational Technology🔍 Edtech Critique🌐 Online Learning
A Mathematician's Lament
by Paul Lockhart • 2009
A working mathematician explains why math class was boring: you never saw the real thing.
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3k+
🧮 Math Education✨ Mathematical Beauty🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning
A Mathematician's Lament Summary
A Mathematician's Lament 90%
A working mathematician explains why math class was boring: you never saw the real thing.
by Paul Lockhart 2009
4.21
3k+ ratings
🧮 Math Education✨ Mathematical Beauty🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning
Educational Courage
by Mara Sapon-Shevin • 2012
Public schools gutted by testing and privatization: a refusal playbook for teachers and parents.
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19
📚 Public Education📝 Standardized Testing✊ Teacher Resistance
Educational Courage Summary
Educational Courage 90%
Public schools gutted by testing and privatization: a refusal playbook for teachers and parents.
by Mara Sapon-Shevin 2012
3.84
19 ratings
📚 Public Education📝 Standardized Testing✊ Teacher Resistance
Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us
by Mike Rose • 2009
Carpenters think as hard as professors. School built on that truth would look nothing like today's.
3.66
467
🏫 Education Reform📝 Standardized Testing🏛️ Public Education
Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us Summary
Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us 90%
Carpenters think as hard as professors. School built on that truth would look nothing like today's.
by Mike Rose 2009
3.66
467 ratings
🏫 Education Reform📝 Standardized Testing🏛️ Public Education
Weapons of Mass Instruction
by John Taylor Gatto • 2008
A state Teacher of the Year quit to expose what schools really teach: obedience, not intelligence.
4.23
4k+
🏫 Compulsory Schooling🌱 Alternative Education🏠 Unschooling
Weapons of Mass Instruction Summary
Weapons of Mass Instruction 90%
A state Teacher of the Year quit to expose what schools really teach: obedience, not intelligence.
by John Taylor Gatto 2008
4.23
4k+ ratings
🏫 Compulsory Schooling🌱 Alternative Education🏠 Unschooling
The Closing of the American Mind
by Allan Bloom • 1988
A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.
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6k+
🏛️ Higher Education Critique🌐 American Culture Wars🤷 Moral Relativism
The Closing of the American Mind Summary
The Closing of the American Mind 90%
A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.
by Allan Bloom 1988
3.76
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Higher Education Critique🌐 American Culture Wars🤷 Moral Relativism
The Arts and the Creation of Mind
by Elliot W. Eisner • 2002
Schools treat art as a break from thinking. It's the most demanding thinking students do.
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191
🎨 Arts Education🏛️ Educational Philosophy🧠 Artistic Cognition
The Arts and the Creation of Mind Summary
The Arts and the Creation of Mind 89%
Schools treat art as a break from thinking. It's the most demanding thinking students do.
by Elliot W. Eisner 2002
4.32
191 ratings
🎨 Arts Education🏛️ Educational Philosophy🧠 Artistic Cognition
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
by Diane Ravitch • 2010
Accountability was meant to fix schools. An insider shows how it broke them instead.
4.05
6k+
📋 Education Policy🏫 Public Education📝 Standardized Testing
The Death and Life of the Great American School System Summary
The Death and Life of the Great American School System 89%
Accountability was meant to fix schools. An insider shows how it broke them instead.
by Diane Ravitch 2010
4.05
6k+ ratings
📋 Education Policy🏫 Public Education📝 Standardized Testing
Excellent Sheep
by William Deresiewicz • 2014
Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.
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7k+
🎓 Higher Education⚖️ Meritocracy Critique💸 Class Privilege
Excellent Sheep Summary
Excellent Sheep 89%
Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.
by William Deresiewicz 2014
3.88
7k+ ratings
🎓 Higher Education⚖️ Meritocracy Critique💸 Class Privilege
How to Educate a Citizen
by E.D. Hirsch Jr. • 2020
Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.
3.80
430
🔧 Education Reform📋 Curriculum Design🏛️ Civic Education
How to Educate a Citizen Summary
How to Educate a Citizen 89%
Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.
by E.D. Hirsch Jr. 2020
3.80
430 ratings
🔧 Education Reform📋 Curriculum Design🏛️ Civic Education
The College Scam
by Charlie Kirk • 2022
Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.
4.18
605
🏛️ College Skepticism💰 Student Debt Crisis🎤 Campus Free Speech
The College Scam Summary
The College Scam 89%
Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.
by Charlie Kirk 2022
4.18
605 ratings
🏛️ College Skepticism💰 Student Debt Crisis🎤 Campus Free Speech
Beyond Test Scores
by Jack Schneider • 2017
Test scores mostly rate a school's zip code, not its teaching. A better framework exists.
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53
🏛️ Education Policy📝 Testing Reform🌱 Whole Child Education
Beyond Test Scores Summary
Beyond Test Scores 89%
Test scores mostly rate a school's zip code, not its teaching. A better framework exists.
by Jack Schneider 2017
4.13
53 ratings
🏛️ Education Policy📝 Testing Reform🌱 Whole Child Education
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
by Neil Postman • 1969
School's hidden curriculum is obedience. The real subject: learning what to disbelieve.
4.21
1k+
🏫 Progressive Education🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning📰 Media Literacy
Teaching as a Subversive Activity Summary
Teaching as a Subversive Activity 89%
School's hidden curriculum is obedience. The real subject: learning what to disbelieve.
by Neil Postman 1969
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏫 Progressive Education🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning📰 Media Literacy
Slaying Goliath
by Diane Ravitch • 2020
Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.
3.81
425
🏫 Public Education💼 School Privatization📝 High-Stakes Testing
Slaying Goliath Summary
Slaying Goliath 89%
Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.
by Diane Ravitch 2020
3.81
425 ratings
🏫 Public Education💼 School Privatization📝 High-Stakes Testing
Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy
by Sarah Diem • 2020
School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.
4.53
15
🏛️ Education Policy🏫 Educational Leadership✊ Anti-Racist Education
Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy Summary
Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy 89%
School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.
by Sarah Diem 2020
4.53
15 ratings
🏛️ Education Policy🏫 Educational Leadership✊ Anti-Racist Education
Finnish Lessons
by Pasi Sahlberg • 2011
No standardized tests, no private schools, no tracking: how Finland built the world's best schools.
3.90
836
🏛️ Education Equity🍎 Teacher Professionalism🌍 Comparative Education
Finnish Lessons Summary
Finnish Lessons 89%
No standardized tests, no private schools, no tracking: how Finland built the world's best schools.
by Pasi Sahlberg 2011
3.90
836 ratings
🏛️ Education Equity🍎 Teacher Professionalism🌍 Comparative Education
The End of Education
by Neil Postman • 1995
Education has lost its story. Here are the narratives that give learning purpose again.
3.97
2k+
📚 Educational Philosophy💡 Humanistic Education🤖 Technology Criticism
The End of Education Summary
The End of Education 89%
Education has lost its story. Here are the narratives that give learning purpose again.
by Neil Postman 1995
3.97
2k+ ratings
📚 Educational Philosophy💡 Humanistic Education🤖 Technology Criticism
Creative Schools
by Ken Robinson • 2015
The best schools work like gardens, not factories. A tour of ones that made the switch.
4.10
4k+
🏫 Education Reform🎯 Personalized Learning✨ Creativity In Education
Creative Schools Summary
Creative Schools 89%
The best schools work like gardens, not factories. A tour of ones that made the switch.
by Ken Robinson 2015
4.10
4k+ ratings
🏫 Education Reform🎯 Personalized Learning✨ Creativity In Education
Teaching Critical Thinking
by bell hooks • 2009
Build a classroom on love and critical thinking, not control: a teachers guide with no platitudes.
4.28
2k+
📚 Critical Pedagogy🌍 Decolonizing Education✊ Feminist Pedagogy
Teaching Critical Thinking Summary
Teaching Critical Thinking 89%
Build a classroom on love and critical thinking, not control: a teachers guide with no platitudes.
by bell hooks 2009
4.28
2k+ ratings
📚 Critical Pedagogy🌍 Decolonizing Education✊ Feminist Pedagogy
Education and the Social Order
by Bertrand Russell • 1932
What if schools are built to shape obedient citizens, not free minds? Russell's 1932 diagnosis cuts.
4.02
207
🎓 Educational Philosophy🕊️ Freedom In Education🤝 Cooperative Learning
Education and the Social Order Summary
Education and the Social Order 89%
What if schools are built to shape obedient citizens, not free minds? Russell's 1932 diagnosis cuts.
by Bertrand Russell 1932
4.02
207 ratings
🎓 Educational Philosophy🕊️ Freedom In Education🤝 Cooperative Learning
The Book of Learning and Forgetting
by Frank Smith • 1998
Learning isn't about effort, it's about belonging. Factory schools were built on the wrong theory.
4.08
356
🧠 Educational Philosophy📚 Learning Psychology🤝 Social Constructivism
The Book of Learning and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Learning and Forgetting 89%
Learning isn't about effort, it's about belonging. Factory schools were built on the wrong theory.
by Frank Smith 1998
4.08
356 ratings
🧠 Educational Philosophy📚 Learning Psychology🤝 Social Constructivism
Teach Your Own
by John C. Holt • 1981
Schools have become a prison for the mind; the case for breaking out and teaching your own.
4.09
2k+
🏡 Homeschooling🌿 Unschooling👪 Parental Rights
Teach Your Own Summary
Teach Your Own 89%
Schools have become a prison for the mind; the case for breaking out and teaching your own.
by John C. Holt 1981
4.09
2k+ ratings
🏡 Homeschooling🌿 Unschooling👪 Parental Rights
Grading for Equity
by Joe Feldman • 2018
Traditional grades sort kids for factories. Here's how to measure learning, not compliance.
4.19
2k+
📊 Grading Reform⚖️ Education Equity📐 Standards-Based Grading
Grading for Equity Summary
Grading for Equity 88%
Traditional grades sort kids for factories. Here's how to measure learning, not compliance.
by Joe Feldman 2018
4.19
2k+ ratings
📊 Grading Reform⚖️ Education Equity📐 Standards-Based Grading
Pedagogy of Freedom
by Paulo Freire • 1996
A teacher cannot be neutral: every pedagogical act either reproduces the world or changes it.
4.37
2k+
✊ Critical Pedagogy🌱 Progressive Education🧑‍🏫 Teacher Formation
Pedagogy of Freedom Summary
Pedagogy of Freedom 88%
A teacher cannot be neutral: every pedagogical act either reproduces the world or changes it.
by Paulo Freire 1996
4.37
2k+ ratings
✊ Critical Pedagogy🌱 Progressive Education🧑‍🏫 Teacher Formation
Loving Learning
by Tom Little • 2015
American schools got hooked on standardized tests. The antidote began in 1919.
3.88
209
📚 Progressive Education🔄 Education Reform👧 Child-Centered Learning
Loving Learning Summary
Loving Learning 88%
American schools got hooked on standardized tests. The antidote began in 1919.
by Tom Little 2015
3.88
209 ratings
📚 Progressive Education🔄 Education Reform👧 Child-Centered Learning
Teaching to Transgress
by bell hooks • 1994
Teaching as resistance: bell hooks demands a classroom that confronts power, not just transmits it.
4.44
13k+
📚 Critical Pedagogy✊🏿 Anti-Racist Education🚺 Feminist Pedagogy
Teaching to Transgress Summary
Teaching to Transgress 88%
Teaching as resistance: bell hooks demands a classroom that confronts power, not just transmits it.
by bell hooks 1994
4.44
13k+ ratings
📚 Critical Pedagogy✊🏿 Anti-Racist Education🚺 Feminist Pedagogy
Troublemakers
by Carla Shalaby • 2017
Disruptive kids aren't broken; the classroom is. Four case studies that rewire how you see behavior.
4.23
3k+
🚸 School Discipline✊ Racial Bias In Schools🐑 Conformity In Schools
Troublemakers Summary
Troublemakers 88%
Disruptive kids aren't broken; the classroom is. Four case studies that rewire how you see behavior.
by Carla Shalaby 2017
4.23
3k+ ratings
🚸 School Discipline✊ Racial Bias In Schools🐑 Conformity In Schools
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
by Paulo Freire • 1968
When a classroom treats students as empty accounts, it's not bad teaching; it is a political design.
4.30
40k+
🧑‍🏫 Critical Pedagogy🌍 Decolonization📖 Marxist Humanism
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Summary
Pedagogy of the Oppressed 88%
When a classroom treats students as empty accounts, it's not bad teaching; it is a political design.
by Paulo Freire 1968
4.30
40k+ ratings
🧑‍🏫 Critical Pedagogy🌍 Decolonization📖 Marxist Humanism
Young, Gifted, and Black
by Theresa Perry • 2003
Forget the white-Black comparison. The real gap is between African American students and excellence.
4.04
322
📏 Achievement Gap📚 Black Education🏫 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Young, Gifted, and Black Summary
Young, Gifted, and Black 88%
Forget the white-Black comparison. The real gap is between African American students and excellence.
by Theresa Perry 2003
4.04
322 ratings
📏 Achievement Gap📚 Black Education🏫 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Teaching Johnny to Think
by Leonard Peikoff • 2014
Ayn Rand's philosophy applied to education: a method that trains the conceptual mind step by step.
4.13
159
📚 Philosophy Of Education🗽 Objectivism🧠 Conceptual Development
Teaching Johnny to Think Summary
Teaching Johnny to Think 88%
Ayn Rand's philosophy applied to education: a method that trains the conceptual mind step by step.
by Leonard Peikoff 2014
4.13
159 ratings
📚 Philosophy Of Education🗽 Objectivism🧠 Conceptual Development
The Age of American Unreason
by Susan Jacoby • 2008
Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.
3.85
3k+
🧠 Anti-Intellectualism🎭 Cultural Criticism📚 Intellectual History
The Age of American Unreason Summary
The Age of American Unreason 88%
Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.
by Susan Jacoby 2008
3.85
3k+ ratings
🧠 Anti-Intellectualism🎭 Cultural Criticism📚 Intellectual History
None of the Above
by Shani Robinson • 2019
An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.
3.94
190
🏫 Public Education📝 High-Stakes Testing⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline
None of the Above Summary
None of the Above 88%
An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.
by Shani Robinson 2019
3.94
190 ratings
🏫 Public Education📝 High-Stakes Testing⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline
More Than Words
by John Warner • 2025
AI can mimic writing; only humans can actually write. The difference is the struggle to think.
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525
💻 Technology And Writing✍️ Composition Theory🤖 Ai Criticism
More Than Words Summary
More Than Words 88%
AI can mimic writing; only humans can actually write. The difference is the struggle to think.
by John Warner 2025
4.05
525 ratings
💻 Technology And Writing✍️ Composition Theory🤖 Ai Criticism
In Search of Deeper Learning
by Jal Mehta • 2019
The richest learning in high school happens after the bell, in theater, debate, and journalism.
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320
🔄 Education Reform🏫 High School Education🌱 Progressive Education
In Search of Deeper Learning Summary
In Search of Deeper Learning 88%
The richest learning in high school happens after the bell, in theater, debate, and journalism.
by Jal Mehta 2019
4.31
320 ratings
🔄 Education Reform🏫 High School Education🌱 Progressive Education
Spoilt Rotten
by dalrymple-theodore • 2010
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
3.96
1k+
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🗣️ Political Polemics🔍 Rational Inquiry
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten 88%
Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.
by dalrymple-theodore 2010
3.96
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🗣️ Political Polemics🔍 Rational Inquiry
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools
by Tyrone C. Howard • 2010
Race predicts who gets suspended, tracked, and left behind. The best schools don't ignore it.
4.13
165
⚖️ Educational Equity📉 Achievement Gap🧑‍🏫 Culturally Responsive Teaching
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools Summary
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools 88%
Race predicts who gets suspended, tracked, and left behind. The best schools don't ignore it.
by Tyrone C. Howard 2010
4.13
165 ratings
⚖️ Educational Equity📉 Achievement Gap🧑‍🏫 Culturally Responsive Teaching
The Abolition of Man
by C.S. Lewis • 1943
The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.
4.12
42k+
🏛️ Natural Law Ethics🔬 Scientism Critique🎭 Subjectivism Critique
The Abolition of Man Summary
The Abolition of Man 88%
The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.
by C.S. Lewis 1943
4.12
42k+ ratings
🏛️ Natural Law Ethics🔬 Scientism Critique🎭 Subjectivism Critique
Original Sins
by Eve L. Ewing • 2025
Schools perfected America's founding crimes on Black and Native children.
4.46
2k+
📚 History Of Education🏫 Schooling And Race⚖️ Critical Race Theory
Original Sins Summary
Original Sins 88%
Schools perfected America's founding crimes on Black and Native children.
by Eve L. Ewing 2025
4.46
2k+ ratings
📚 History Of Education🏫 Schooling And Race⚖️ Critical Race Theory
Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today
by Richard Gerver • 2010
The factory model still runs our schools. A headteacher's plan to make learning irresistible.
4.10
127
🏫 Education Reform🤝 Student Engagement💡 Embracing Failure
Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today Summary
Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today 88%
The factory model still runs our schools. A headteacher's plan to make learning irresistible.
by Richard Gerver 2010
4.10
127 ratings
🏫 Education Reform🤝 Student Engagement💡 Embracing Failure
Hard Questions on Global Educational Change
by Pasi Sahlberg • 2016
School reform keeps failing because America borrows the policies but not the systems behind them.
4.12
17
📋 Education Policy🌍 Comparative Education🔄 School Reform
Hard Questions on Global Educational Change Summary
Hard Questions on Global Educational Change 88%
School reform keeps failing because America borrows the policies but not the systems behind them.
by Pasi Sahlberg 2016
4.12
17 ratings
📋 Education Policy🌍 Comparative Education🔄 School Reform
The Teaching for Understanding Guide
by Tina Blythe • 1997
Understanding is performance. A practical framework for designing curriculum that proves it.
3.79
76
🏫 Project Zero📐 Curriculum Design📝 Formative Assessment
The Teaching for Understanding Guide Summary
The Teaching for Understanding Guide 88%
Understanding is performance. A practical framework for designing curriculum that proves it.
by Tina Blythe 1997
3.79
76 ratings
🏫 Project Zero📐 Curriculum Design📝 Formative Assessment
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W. Loewen • 1995
History textbooks don't just teach the past. They teach you not to ask certain questions.
3.97
75k+
🏫 History Education📖 Textbook Bias🏛️ Historical Myths
Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
Lies My Teacher Told Me 88%
History textbooks don't just teach the past. They teach you not to ask certain questions.
by James W. Loewen 1995
3.97
75k+ ratings
🏫 History Education📖 Textbook Bias🏛️ Historical Myths
The Knowledge Gap
by Natalie Wexler • 2019
Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.
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6k+
📖 Reading Instruction🔧 Education Reform📊 Achievement Gap
The Knowledge Gap Summary
The Knowledge Gap 88%
Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.
by Natalie Wexler 2019
4.13
6k+ ratings
📖 Reading Instruction🔧 Education Reform📊 Achievement Gap
The Case Against Education
by Bryan Caplan • 2018
A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.
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2k+
📚 Education Economics💼 Labor Economics📜 Credentialism
The Case Against Education Summary
The Case Against Education 88%
A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.
by Bryan Caplan 2018
3.94
2k+ ratings
📚 Education Economics💼 Labor Economics📜 Credentialism
I Got Schooled
by M. Night Shyamalan • 2013
Five data-backed patterns that close America's education gap, from a filmmaker who hunted them down.
3.67
324
📉 Achievement Gap🔧 Education Reform📊 Data-Driven Instruction
I Got Schooled Summary
I Got Schooled 88%
Five data-backed patterns that close America's education gap, from a filmmaker who hunted them down.
by M. Night Shyamalan 2013
3.67
324 ratings
📉 Achievement Gap🔧 Education Reform📊 Data-Driven Instruction
In Defense of a Liberal Education
by Fareed Zakaria • 2015
The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.
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3k+
📚 Liberal Arts Defense🏛️ Higher Education Crisis✍️ Writing As Thinking
In Defense of a Liberal Education Summary
In Defense of a Liberal Education 88%
The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.
by Fareed Zakaria 2015
3.83
3k+ ratings
📚 Liberal Arts Defense🏛️ Higher Education Crisis✍️ Writing As Thinking
The Students are Watching
by Theodore R. Sizer • 1999
The way a school runs teaches morality more powerfully than any lesson. Kids notice everything.
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🧱 Educational Philosophy🧭 Moral Development⚖️ Character Education
The Students are Watching Summary
The Students are Watching 88%
The way a school runs teaches morality more powerfully than any lesson. Kids notice everything.
by Theodore R. Sizer 1999
3.53
277 ratings
🧱 Educational Philosophy🧭 Moral Development⚖️ Character Education
Demonstrating Student Mastery with Digital Badges and Portfolios
by David Niguidula • 2019
Show what students know: a blueprint for digital badges and portfolios that replace letter grades.
4.29
7
🎯 Competency-Based Education📋 Authentic Assessment📁 Portfolio Assessment
Demonstrating Student Mastery with Digital Badges and Portfolios Summary
Demonstrating Student Mastery with Digital Badges and Portfolios 88%
Show what students know: a blueprint for digital badges and portfolios that replace letter grades.
by David Niguidula 2019
4.29
7 ratings
🎯 Competency-Based Education📋 Authentic Assessment📁 Portfolio Assessment
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