Alfie Kohn
Expert in Human Behavior, Education, and Parenting; Author of 11 Books
Kohn has been described in Time magazine as "perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores." His criticisms of competition and rewards have helped to shape the thinking of educators -- as well as parents and managers -- across the country and abroad. Kohn has been featured on hundreds of TV and radio programs, including the "Today" show and two appearances... MORE
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THE DEADLY EFFECTS OF "TOUGHER STANDARDS": Challenging High-Stakes Testing and Other Impediments to Learning
The main effect "of the drive for so-called higher standards in schools is that the children are too busy to think," said John Holt in 1959. Today, an ill-informed version of school reform has been... MORE
PERFORMANCE VS. LEARNING: The Costs of Overemphasizing Achievement
Educational researchers have discovered that there is a significant difference between getting students to think about their performance (that is, how well they are doing) and getting them to think... MORE
OVERHAULING THE TRANSMISSION MODEL
Students are not receptacles to be filled with knowledge, or clay to be molded. They, like all of us, are active meaning-makers. The implication, as one educator put it, is that teaching is mostly listening... MORE
ON BRIBING STUDENTS TO LEARN: Second Thoughts About A's, Praise, Stickers, and Contests
Teachers are often encouraged to rely on rewards rather than punishments, but research suggests that carrots can be just as counterproductive as sticks. Both are forms of manipulation, and neither can... MORE
CHOICES FOR CHILDREN: From Coercion to Community
If we want students to take responsibility for their behavior and learning, it is up to us to give them responsibilities. Children learn to make good decisions by having the chance to decide about what... MORE
FROM DEGRADING TO DE-GRADING: Basic Questions About Assessment
Research has found three consistent effects of traditional grades: students think less creatively, they lose interest in what they’re learning, and they try to avoid challenging tasks. Thus, rather... MORE
THE CASE AGAINST COMPETITION
The race to be Number One has been described as America's state religion. We have been trained not only to compete frantically, but to believe in the value of beating people -- and to help our children... MORE
TEACHING CHILDREN TO CARE
We can't blame "human nature" when children act aggressively or selfishly. Extensive research has shown that these qualities are no more natural than the impulse toward empathy or generosity. But how... MORE
THE (PROGRESSIVE) SCHOOLS OUR CHILDREN DESERVE
We are living through a dark, reactionary period in American education, which means that it has never been more important to defend the theory and practice of progressive schooling. Alfie Kohn explains... MORE
CHALLENGING STUDENTS. . . AND HOW TO HAVE MORE OF THEM
"The principal goal of education," said Piaget, is to create people "who are capable of doing new things" and who don't "accept everything they are offered." Critical thinking skills, however, don't... MORE
THE HOMEWORK MYTH
After spending most of the day in school, children are typically given additional assignments to be completed at home - a remarkable fact, when you stop to think about it. What's more, homework in most... MORE
MOTIVATION FROM THE INSIDE OUT: Rethinking Rewards, Assessment, and Learning
Most educators, if asked, can explain the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation -- between carrots and sticks on the one hand, and love of learning on the other. But many of our daily... MORE
THE DEADLY EFFECTS OF "TOUGHER STANDARDS"
THE DEADLY EFFECTS OF "TOUGHER STANDARDS" "[The main effect] of the drive for so-called higher standards in schools is that the children are too busy to think," said John Holt in 1959. Four decades... MORE
BEYOND BRIBES AND THREATS: Realistic Alternatives to Controlling Students’ Behavior
This workshop, by the author of Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community, addresses the nonacademic realm of school life - and specifically the ways that discipline or classroom management not... MORE
