Alfie Kohn has been at the forefront of the resistance to test-based reforms for more than a decade. As we approach the Save Our Schools March this Saturday, I asked him to share some thoughts about ...

Most books about parenting offer tips for handling kids when they act up: how to get them to go to bed without a fuss; how to cure their picky eating habits; how to stop them from talking back. But ...

“So how should we reward teachers? We shouldn’t. They’re not pets. Rather, teachers should be paid well, freed from misguided mandates, treated with respect, and provided with the support they need to ...

Author and lecturer Alfie Kohn is known for being controversial in his critiques of education in the United States. That's exactly why officials at Creative Learning Academy, in partnership with the ...

From the title and tone of Alfie Kohn’s Commentary (“The Truth About Homework,” Sept. 6, 2006), one would think that he believes he has put this controversy to rest for all time. If this were so, the ...

I found Alfie Kohn’s Commentary offensive and useless (“Corridor Wit—Talking Back to Our Teachers,” Sept. 28, 2011). He must have attended terrible schools and had incompetent teachers. His essay, ...

Educator Kohn (Punished by Rewards) presents 19 essays (previously published in such newspapers and journals as the New York Times and Education Week) in this spirited and incisive probe of education ...

Is it possible that a hint of self-congratulation adheres to the fact that we writers like to pose this question to ourselves? You don’t see a lot of people holding forth on, say, “Why I Sell Tires.” ...

San Roque School’s Garden Street Academy echoed with laughter and was illuminated with enthusiasm last week as educators united for a common concern — education. The independent school welcomed ...

Alfie Kohn is the author of eleven books, including The Schools Our Children Deserve, The Case Against Standardized Testing and What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated? School reform could take on new ...