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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kohn, Alfie.
Feel-bad education : and other contrarian essays on children and schooling / Alfie Kohn.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8070-0140-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
E-ISBN 978-0-8070-0141-7
1. Public schools—United States. 2. Education—Aims and objectives—United States. I. Title.
LA217.2.K64 2011
370.973—dc22 2010037081