Alfie Kohn

On the Walls: What to look for in a classroom where learning happens

In his The Schools our Children Deserve Alfie Kohn has a quick and easy chart for what to look for in…

10 years ago

The Perils of EdSpeak: Play in Danger

As a follow-up to my post The Perils of Education I was preparing a piece on play.  My chief concern…

12 years ago

Alfie Kohn is coming to Poughkeepsie Day School

Alfie Kohn is coming on April 25th. Just look at the great header Christina Powers created to herald the news:…

12 years ago

Cookie Cutter Kids: “Send us your winners…”

...and we'll make winners out of them" There's a good article in the latest edition of Independent School magazine that…

13 years ago

More Failing, Fewer Failures, Greater Success

The November Educational Leadership is devoted to the topic of grading. It includes an article by Alfie Kohn an expanded…

13 years ago

Motivation with Cushman, Pink, Kohn and Schrute

Two of my favorite  education videos in 2010 have to do with motivation. In this first one, Stanley schools Dwight…

14 years ago

The Carrot and the Cattleprod

Many years ago I wrote an article with the title The Carrot and the Cattleprod.  It’s so long ago that…

15 years ago

Why give homework?

Every year at the annual Eagle Society poetry reading a lower school student demonstrates that s/he has spent homework time…

15 years ago

False Promise: The Ersatz Language of School Reform

An article by Alfie Kohn in The Nation is a timely reminder of how language is so easily co-opted to…

16 years ago