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Ten Obvious Truths that We Shouldn't Be Ignoring
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Kohn, Alfie – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
The field of education bubbles over with controversies. It's not unusual for intelligent people of good will to disagree passionately about what should happen in schools. But there are certain precepts that aren't debatable, that just about anyone would have to acknowledge are true. While many such statements are banal, some are worth noticing…
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