Alfie Kohn

Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The latest of his eleven books are The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much Of A Bad Thing and Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason. Of his earlier titles, the best known are Punished By Rewards: The Trouble With Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, And Other Bribes, No Contest: The Case Against Competition, and The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards".

Kohn has been described in Time magazine as "perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores." His criticisms of competition and rewards have helped to shape the thinking of educators -- as well as parents and managers -- across the country and abroad. Kohn has been featured on hundreds of TV and radio programs, including the Today show and two appearances on Oprah; he has been profiled in the Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times, while his work has been described and debated in many other leading publications.

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[UnschoolingEagle]

Alfie Kohn is a freakin beast, I love this guy. He speaks the truth.

[IllichSketchShow]

god bless Alfie Kohn we need more like him

[simpsonsfan234]

Alfie Kohn

[helen5358]

At last, someone who talks sense. Homework is the bain of good parents life. Miserable for the children and a waste of time.

[renoxuken]

I always cringed whenever I witnessed a parent saying something like "because I said so." or something. It just felt wrong, and I felt bad for the kid. Kohn explained this feeling pretty well.

[Drewboy64]

@UnschoolingEagle amen to that