The Center for Teaching and Learning at California State University, Northridge

presents

Author of 13 books on education and human behavior, including The Schools Our Children Deserve and The Myth of the Spoiled Child. Described by Time magazine as “perhaps the

country’s most outspoken critic of education’s fixation on grades [and] test scores”

Alfie Kohn

“The (Progressive) Schools Our Children Deserve”

This event is FREE, however, you must register at:

www.CTLalfiekohn.eventbrite.com

Thursday March 12, 2015

7:00-8:30pm

Even though our knowledge of how children learn has come a long way in the last few decades, most schools still focus more on memorizing facts and practicing isolated

skills than on understanding ideas from the inside out; they still exclude students from any meaningful decision-making role; and they still rely on grades, tests, homework,

lectures, worksheets, competition, punishments, and rewards. Alfie Kohn explores alternatives to each of these conventional practices, explaining why progressive

education can help kids become critical thinkers and lifelong learners.

University Student Union

Northridge Center

Note: Parking passes are required

and may be purchased for $6 at

any campus information booth