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Alfie Kohn is a renowned author and educational critic, known for his research on educational psychology and human behavior. His work often explores the power dynamics in education, evaluation systems, and how to create more meaningful learning environments. Born on October 15, 1957, Kohn's career includes educational research and writing, and his books, such as 'Punishment by Myth' and 'The Case Against Reward', have had a profound impact on educational practice and theory.

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“Educational success should be measured by how strong your desire is to keep learning.”

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“Assessments should compare the performance of students to a set of expectations, never to the performance of other students.”

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Book:The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and

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“Being a team player should not imply a demand for simple obedience and conformity.”

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“When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in a desperate effort to raise scores.”

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“Students should not only be trained to live in a democracy when they grow up; they should have the chance to live in one today.”

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“The late W. Edwards Deming, guru of Quality management, once declared, 'The most important things we need to manage can't be measured.' If that’s true of what we need to manage, it should be even more obvious that it’s true of what we need to teach.”

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Author:Alfie Kohn