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Shaun Kerry, M.D.
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
If you examine the books on school reform, there is a huge body of literature that supports the conclusions that we present. These books are by far the most popular and highly rated by the general public.
Reports that take the opposing view tend to use test scores as the sole basis of their analysis. They tend to be dry, lifeless, and unconvincing. John Caldwell Holt Series
How Children Learn, Holt, 1995, Perseus Press
How Children Fail, Holt, 1995, Perseus Press
Learning All The Time, Holt, 1990 Perseus Press
What Do I Do Monday, Holt, 1995, Heinemann
The Underachieving School, Holt, 1997, Pittman
Freedom and Beyond, Holt, 1972, Dutton Growing Without Schooling : A Record of a Grassroots Movement
by John Holt, Susannah Sheffer John Taylor Gatto Series
A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto Dumbing Us Down : The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto The Exhausted School : The First National Grassroots Speakout on the Right to School Choice by John Taylor Gatto Alfie Kohn Series
*****The Schools Our Children Deserve, Kohn, 2000, Mariner - If you only read one book on school reform, read this one.
Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes, Kohn, 1999, Houghton Mifflin
The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools, Kohn, 2000, Heinemann
Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community, Kohn, 1996 No Contest : The Case Against Competition, Kohn, 1992, Houghton Mifflin
What to Look for in a Classroom: And Other Essays by Alfie Kohn
Homeschooling
Home Learning Year by Year : How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School, Rebecca Rupp
The Complete Home Learning Source Book : The Essential Resource Guide for Homeschoolers, Parents, and Educators Covering Every Subject from Arithmetic, Rebecca Rupp
Homeschooling Almanac, 2000-200, Mary Leppert, Michael Leppert If You Want to Be Rich & Happy : Don't Go to School? : Ensuring Lifetime Security for Yourself and Your Children by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Hal Z. Bennett The Teenage Liberation Handbook : How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education by Grace Llewellyn
Complete Idiot's Guide to Homeschooling
by Marsha Ransom, John Taylor Gatto The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom
by Mary Griffith Challenging the Giant : The Best of Skole, the Journal of Alternative Education
by Mary M. Leue Deschooling Our Lives by Matt Hern Family Matters : Why Homeschooling Makes Sense by David Guterson
Other Education Reform Books
Contradictions of School Reform : Educational Costs of Standardized Testing (Critical Social Thought) by Linda M. McNeil
One Size Fits Few : The Folly of Educational Standards by Susan Ohanian
Will Standards Save Public Education by Deborah Meier (Editor), et al Schools Without Failure, Glasser, 1969, Harper and Row Child's Work : Taking Children's Choices Seriously
by Nancy Wallace, David Sullivan I Learn Better by Teaching Myself and Still Teaching Ourselves : And, Still Teaching Ourselves by Agnes Leistico For What Purpose? Some Thoughts About Grading
by James Alexander, Ph. D. Child Development
The Continuum Concept : In Search of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development)
by Jean Liedloff
Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child
by Katie Allison Granju, Betsy Kennedy
Three in a Bed : The Benefits of Sharing Your Bed With Your Baby
by Deborah Jackson, Tom Newton |
