how freedom and creativity can fix our educational malpractice Goyal, Nikhil 1995- creator text bibliography nyu 2016 monographic eng

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309 pages ; 22 cm. Are America's schools little more than cinder-block gulags that spawn vicious cliques and bullying, negate creativity and true learning, and squelch curiosity in their inmates, um, students? Nikhil Goyal, a journalist and activist all of twenty years old whom the Washington Post has dubbed a "future education secretary" and Forbes has named to its 30 Under 30 list, passionately thinks so, and in this book he offers both a scathing indictment of our teach-to-the-test-while-killing-the-spirit educational assembly line and maps out a path for all of our schools to harness children's natural aptitude for learning by creating an atmosphere conducive to freedom and creativity. He prescribes an inspiring educational future that is thoroughly democratic and experiential, and one that utilizes the entire community as a classroom. The radical notion that children are people -- The disturbing origins of compulsory schooling -- No child left uncontrolled -- The right to learn freely -- The right to play -- Where children can be themselves -- Not your father's shop class -- Enrolling in the real world -- School without walls. Nikhil Goyal. Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) and index. n-us--- Alternative education United States Educación alternativa Estados Unidos School improvement programs United States Mejoramiento de programas escolares Estados Unidos School environment Ambiente educativo LC 46.4 G724s 2016 371.04 9780385540124 (hardcover) 0385540124 2015023598 http://ecip.loc.gov/pls/ecip/cat_frameset?userid=sj08&teamid=t182&worklist=cipswips&id=ca760528_chap001&next_proc=cipsview_chap http://ecip.loc.gov/pls/ecip/cat_frameset?userid=sj08&teamid=t182&worklist=cipswips&id=ca760528_chap001&next_proc=cipsview_chap DLC 150701 20240116153840.0 18683643 eng