Beyond measure rescuing an overscheduled, overtested, underestimated generation

"From the director of Race to Nowhere, the popular 2010 documentary on our education system that has become a long-running grassroots phenomenon, and a new film, Beyond Measure, comes a groundbreaking book for parents, students, and educators on how to revolutionize learning, prioritize childre...

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Main Author: Abeles, Vicki.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition: First Simon & Schauster hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Out of nowhere
  • Sicker, not smarter
  • It's about time
  • Homework: take back our nights
  • Testing: learning beyond the bubble
  • College admissions: break free from the frenzy
  • Teaching and learning: this way up
  • First, be well
  • Action: how you can replace the race to nowhere
  • Epilogue.