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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abeles, Vicki (Author), Rubinstein, Grace (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Educational change > United States.
Overpressure (Education)
Motivation in education > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Students > Academic workload > United States.
Academic achievement.
Educational change.
Motivation in education.
Students > Academic workload.
United States.
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.