The Homework Myth | Quote 03346

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Only if your primary concern is to know who’s beating whom do you need to give the same mass-produced tests under the same conditions. In the absence of that imperative to rank, it would not only be possible to get rid of such tests; it would also be desirable, seeing as how they help to foster a competitive orientation, one in which we are led to fear other children’s success and celebrate their failure.

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Alfie Kohn

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The Homework Myth

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