 | Schools Without Fail (Colophon Books) |
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The author of the bestselling Reality Therapy offers daring recommendations to "shake up educators" (Alexander Bassin).
- Amazon Sales Rank: #100073 in Books
- Published on: 1975-07-25
- Released on: 1975-06-25
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- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 235 pages
Review
"[His recommendations will] shake up educators." -- --Alexander Bassin,Psychology Today
From the Publisher
The author of the bestselling Reality Therapy offers daring recommendations to "shake up educators" (Alexander Bassin).
About the Author
William Glasser, M.D., is a world-renowned psychiatrist who lectures widely. An author of many books, including Choice Theory, Reality Therapy, The Quality School, and Getting Together and Staying Together, he is the president of the William Glasser Institute in Los Angeles.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Should be required reading for all teachers
By Jack Cook
I read this book only a few years after it was published while I was in college. I almost couldn't believe how logical and straight forward this basic idea was, and how few of its practices our national school system follows. Dr. William Glasser wrote a classic that will never be read or truly understood by most educators in our dumbed down, American education system. When I read the book, I cheered loudly, then realized that it was almost a lost cause. My wife attended several gradeless colleges that used this method of education, but when she tried to get a job, every major employer would not accept the type of student reports those schools had issued to her. Each job she applied for required only "grades" with numbers or letters from the familiar 4.o system. She was required to get her reports analyzed by a "legitimate" school system and translated into grades or numbers and only one university in the entire state offered to do so. My wife is a brilliant woman whose education shows through very clearly. Her non-traditional colleges were obviously educating students rather than attempting to place everything into a convenient category or number system. None of those wonderful gradeless colleges are operating anymore. I strongly wish that this book would become required reading for all educators in this country.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful.Highly recommended!
By A Customer
This book should be read by every School Board Member, Superintendent, Administrator and teacher. Gives excellent suggestions for providing our children with the quality education they need. Encourages educators to more action and less lip service.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful.Excellent book!
By Terry (tchiu@omni.cc.purdue.edu)
This book still provides many useful insights into education and social problems, even though it is originally published 30 years.
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