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Date:
| Thu Sep 30 10:34:14 1999
| Name:
| Robert Polansky
| E-mail:
| rdpolansky@aol.com
| Organization:
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| Location:
| Needham, Massachusetts
| How the site | was found: Read your book, searched for a related site
| Comments:
| I read your op-ed piece in the Boston Globe of September 28, 1999, and you summed up very capably why the idea of a single high-stakes test is misguided, counter-productive, and even mean-spirited. MCAS is not responding to real-world needs, as is often asserted. The world is what we make of it, and MCAS, if ultimately implemented in its current form, will shape an entire generation in Massachusetts that will be uncreative and lacking any individualism. I have expressed my opposition to MCAS to my representatives in the state Legislature and hope others will do the same.
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Date:
| Wed Sep 29 18:23:46 1999
| Name:
| C. Lawson
| E-mail:
| clawson@hwb.sdhc.k12.fl.us
| Organization:
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| Location:
| Tampa
| How the site | was found: referred by Jeff Golub's website
| Comments:
| I appreciate the research that backs up interactive teaching and helps our students learn. It has come in handy when I've needed to cover my bottom. The resources are packed with valuable information.
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Date:
| Wed Sep 29 14:01:06 1999
| Name:
| Kent A. Bugg
| E-mail:
| kbugg@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| Wilmington High School
| Location:
| Wilmington, IL
| How the site | was found: Educational Leadership magazine
| Comments:
| I am working on a dissertation analyzing the history and effectiveness of the standards movement. Your work has been very beneficial to me. Thank you
|
Date:
| Wed Sep 29 13:04:23 1999
| Name:
| Martin Redmond
| E-mail:
| m.i.redmond@worldnet.att.net
| Organization:
| DeVry Institute of Technology
| Location:
| Phoenix
| How the site | was found: Reading Book
| Comments:
| I agree with many of the aspects of learning that you present to readers.
|
Date:
| Wed Sep 29 09:02:11 1999
| Name:
| claude S. DiGenova
| E-mail:
| cdigenova@ccts.tec.nj.
| Organization:
| Camden Coundty Technical School
| Location:
| Pennsauken, N.J.
| How the site | was found: Essay Educatjion Week 9/l5/99.
| Comments:
| Enjoyed the commentary. Send information on latest book. Thanks.
|
Date:
| Wed Sep 29 06:59:57 1999
| Name:
| Joe Emerson
| E-mail:
| mr_e2bgov@hotmail.com
| Organization:
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| Location:
| Yorktown, Va.
| How the site | was found: From Alfie's latest book
| Comments:
| The "tougher standards" movement in Virginia is known as the Standards of Learning (SoL). I'm proud to say that I go beyond the "standards" by teaching my students "Standards of Living" in a democracy. While public school students are forced to learn a developmentally inappropriate curriculum and measured by a ridiculous standardized test, homeschoolers are permitted to measure their student's progress with a portfolio. Now, where's the standard? There must be educational consistency. Give the 90% of the students who attend Virginia's public schools the same right of authentic assessment as the 10% who are homeschooled.
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Date:
| Tue Sep 28 12:29:41 1999
| Name:
| Ted Brown
| E-mail:
| ted_brown@fc.wtvl.k12.me.us
| Organization:
| Waterville Senior HS
| Location:
| Waterville, Maine
| How the site | was found: I read your EDUCATION WEEK article on the back cover (9/15/99)
| Comments:
| I read all of your stuff I can get my hands on, Alfie. Choice in secondary school math classes (I am a HS math teacher) is not easy to manage, and even harder to start. I have "opened" my doors more and more to students regarding choice in the last 2-3 years, and things are getting better with each passing year. I also have been putting the "good stuff" first, and I just don't "get" to those parts of the curriculum that don't "turn on" my kids, or aren't deep or challenging. Thanks for all of your help...and keep writing!
-Ted Brown
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Date:
| Tue Sep 28 09:05:23 1999
| Name:
| (Ms.) Marty Guthrie
| E-mail:
| guthriem@nasfaa.org
| Organization:
| individual
| Location:
| Arlington, VA
| How the site | was found: Education Week
| Comments:
| Thanks for this article! The explanation makes so much sense.
I am the parent of a kindergartener, a 4th grader, and a 7th grader and the wife of a 3rd grade teacher. Our school system has been turned on its head by the Virginia Standards of Learning. Much of the homework that we see seems to confuse quantity with quality. It's not necessarily difficult, it just seems pointless. I'm definitely a novice in this area, but would like to try to influence things in some small way for my kids and my community. It's like rolling a rock uphill, though, to get a discussion going in the land of standards.
I'm looking forward to reading more of Dr. Kohn's work. I'd also like to learn more about his speaking schedule. Again, thanks for this article!
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Date:
| Tue Sep 28 01:06:07 1999
| Name:
| Fred Mednick, Ed.D
| E-mail:
| mednick@home.com
| Organization:
| The Bush School; .Educare
| Location:
| Seattle, Washington
| How the site | was found: Education Week
| Comments:
| Dear Dr. Kohn,
I have been reading your work for years and am especially intrigued by your
recent piece. My own research affirms yours and extends it into the global
arena. Worldwide reform mirrors your findings and I would love to talk with
you about it. I can be reached by email and also by phone: (206) 326-7743
home: (206) 230-0348
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Date:
| Monday, September 27, 1999 at 16:21:38
| Name:
| Michael F Podlosky
| E-mail:
| mpodlosky@teachers.ab.ca
| Organization:
| Alberta Teachers' Association
| Location:
| Edmonton, AB
| How the site | was found: Alfie provided it at a conference session I attended.
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Date:
| Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 23:17:05
| Name:
| Debbye Vitti
| E-mail:
| msdebbye@csu.cted.net
| Organization:
| Early Childhood Learning Center
| Location:
| Hamden, CT
| How the site | was found: Alta Vista search
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Date:
| Friday, September 24, 1999 at 18:06:08
| Name:
| Rich Hogen
| E-mail:
| orv@aol.com
| Location:
| Chandler , AZ
| How the site | was found: Listened to ASCD tape of speech in San Francisco.
| Comments:
| Dear Mr. Kohn,
Although I do not always agree with you, I admire your
tenacity and love of education. I have read a couple of
your books and am in the process of reading "What to Look
for in a School." You challenge me to think about and
reflect on my teaching practices.
Thank you.
Rich
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Date:
| Friday, September 24, 1999 at 15:14:18
| Name:
| Mike Moschell
| E-mail:
| mike_moschell@yahoo.com
| Organization:
| State of Ohio EPA
| Location:
| Athens, , Oh
| How the site | was found: Yahoo search
| Comments:
| I'll have an opportunity to put "Punished by Rewards" to the test. I've been appointed to a statewide merit-pay study committee. After hearing your lecture in January, 95, in Columbus and reading your book, I hope to be able to help dispell the state's presumption that merit systems will result in a "High Performance Workplace". Any new articles on this topic would be appreciated, but I'm spending my time going back over your book to prepare for the outrage that is sure to result from proffering the argument that rewards do punish. Thanks for your good work. mm
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Date:
| Thursday, September 23, 1999 at 23:16:06
| Name:
| linda muth
| E-mail:
| smuth@netins.net
| Organization:
| Clear Lake Community Schools
| Location:
| Clear Lake, IA
| How the site | was found: used the address given @ an institute in Cedar Ra;ids, IA
| Comments:
| Just interested in reading articles written by Mr. Kohn. I will find them on the web. Thanks.
|
Date:
| Thursday, September 23, 1999 at 11:19:08
| Name:
| Jodi Kratz
| E-mail:
| jkratz@bridgeslearning.com
| Organization:
| Intellectual Development Systems, Inc.
| Location:
| Annapolis, MD
| How the site | was found: Ed Week
| Comments:
| We we very impressed with Mr. Kohn's article in the 9/15 issue of Ed Weekly. Can you please email me with an address so that we can send a letter to Mr. Kohn. Thank you.
|
Date:
| Wednesday, September 22, 1999 at 21:09:42
| Name:
| Darryl Simmons
| E-mail:
| dsimmons1@home.com
| Location:
| Toronto
| Comments:
| Hi Alfie,
I just caught the last part of your interview on TVO in Toronto and was duly impressed with what you said.
I wanted to know what you thought about the Waldorf Schools...they seem to do many of the things that you said were right...I have two kids in preschool there now, because I don't feel like gambling their education (lives) in the public school system as it stands.
The recent article in the Atlantic Monthly re:Waldorf was positive, but I would like to know if it fits with your outlook on education.
Thanks,
Darryl Simmons
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Date:
| Tuesday, September 21, 1999 at 16:35:42
| Name:
| David S. Nevill
| E-mail:
| nevill.wichita@worldnet.att.net
| Organization:
| Wesley Medical Center
| Location:
| Wichita, KS
| How the site | was found: From Mr. Kohn's business card, obtained from him after a presentations at OQPF this summer.
| Comments:
| Looking forward to the new book!! Still trying to implement what I've learned from Punished by Rewards. Dropping "Good Job" and other goodies from our vacabulary has been a challenge when interacting with our 3 and 5 year old children. More ideas for parents trying to break these habits would be helpful and appreciated. Thanks, David.
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Date:
| Tuesday, September 21, 1999 at 13:01:41
| Name:
| Martin Bickman
| E-mail:
| bickman@colorado.edu
| Organization:
| University of Colorado
| Location:
| Boulder, CO
| How the site | was found: Education Week article
| Comments:
| I admire your work, especially your most recent book, and will be anxious to see if it really can change the school reform debate, even a little. If you give me your snail mail address I'd like to send you some work of mine that deals with the pre-Dewey history of education in the US and may explain some how we got to where we are today. Marty Bickman, Professor of English & President's Teaching Scholar
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Date:
| Monday, September 20, 1999 at 17:31:56
| Name:
| Ty dePass
| E-mail:
| maceito@ol.com
| Location:
| Boston, MA
| How the site | was found: articles on standards appearing in Education Week
| Comments:
| I appreciate your analyses of so-called Traditional methods of schooling––in particular, the distinction between "schooling" and "education"––in the context of broaders societal goals. Your "leads" are always well-crafted and provacative––as a freelance journalist, I enjoy your writing style; as a social justice activist, I admire your stand.
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Date:
| Saturday, September 18, 1999 at 22:29:46
| Name:
| kathy harsany
| E-mail:
| shprese@iconn.net
| Organization:
| meFairfield U. Grad School ofED
| Location:
| Greenwich, CT
| How the site | was found: Ed. Week
| Comments:
| your message needs to be heard in Greenwich (parents may applaud at the lecture, but are unlikely to take the giant step....in fact those who GO to lectures are the ones you are "after".
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Date:
| Saturday, September 18, 1999 at 21:56:08
| Name:
| Sherri L. Wilson
| E-mail:
| wilsonx5@earthlink.net
| Organization:
| Home child care provider, mother of three, education student
| Location:
| Marietta, Ga.
| How the site | was found: Educational leadership, Sept 1999
| Comments:
| I agree with your ideas about tougher standards being a deterent to creative thinking and maybe even to a lifelong interest in learning. I enjoyed your article and support your efforts.
Thank you, Sherri Wilson
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Date:
| Saturday, September 18, 1999 at 19:54:35
| Name:
| carie fox
| E-mail:
| carie@foxmediation.com
| Organization:
| carie fox mediation
| Location:
| portland, or
| How the site | was found: searched "alfie kohn"
| Comments:
| Just finished the first three chapters of the analysis of rewards, & I feel so damn good! And Alfie didn't even reward me.
|
Date:
| Friday, September 17, 1999 at 16:54:54
| Name:
| Doug Smith
| E-mail:
| doug_smith@kenton.k12.ny.us
| Organization:
| Kenmore West High School
| Location:
| Buffalo, NY
| How the site | was found: via Education Week
| Comments:
| Thanks for expressing with such clarity and power what lots
of us believe, but few of us get a chance to say !
|
Date:
| Friday, September 17, 1999 at 08:30:06
| Name:
| John M. Gould
| E-mail:
| jgould@mv.org
| Organization:
| Morrisville SD
| Location:
| Morrisville, PA
| How the site | was found: School Board News
| Comments:
| Enjoyed your recent viewpoint about the trouble with
'back-to-basics'. We are in the process of attempting
to rethink the basic structure of how we group kids,
extend our learning into the community, and give students
options to learning environs through informational
technologies.
|
Date:
| Wednesday, September 15, 1999 at 16:30:17
| Name:
| John R. Garrabrant
| E-mail:
| garrabrj@trschools.com
| Organization:
| Toms River Regionl Schools
| Location:
| Toms River, New Jersey
| How the site | was found: From commentary in Education Week
| Comments:
|
"Confusing Harder with Better" was on-the -mark with respect to education and the cry to raise standards. A most insightful commentary on testing and the many frustrations that students experience with the current standards movement. Thank you for this well written and thoughtful essay. There is much in it that I hope to be directed by in my own decision making this year and subsequent years.
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Date:
| Wednesday, September 15, 1999 at 11:42:13
| Name:
| Bruce W. Appleby
| E-mail:
| bappleby@alum.mit.edu
| Organization:
| self-employed
| Location:
| Lexington, MA
| How the site | was found: Sept. issue of Z Magazine
| Comments:
| Ever since the Sundial Bookstore in Lexington suggested
that I might be interested in "No Contest" I have looked
forward to your books and articles. I passed "No Contest"
on to my teenage daughter (middle school then, Hampshire
College now); she loved it and passed it on to several of
her friends. Over the years I have given copies of
"Punished by Rewards" and "No Contest" to a number of
friends. Many thanks for your insightful comments on
child-raising, learning, management, and being a caring
human being. Keep up the good work.
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Date:
| Wednesday, September 15, 1999 at 00:34:26
| Name:
| Evelyn Stefos
| E-mail:
| nyleve@sprynet.com
| Organization:
| Student Advocacy
| Location:
| Elmsford, NY
| How the site | was found: Link noted in Ed Article
| Comments:
| Thank God for Mr.Alfie Kohn!
Everyone in education must read/see/hear
and understand this marvelous educational
writer/researcher .
Please let me know how to join
[and work hard for] any group initiative
denouncing "one size fits all" education
and the "raising standards" rhetoric.
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Date:
| Tuesday, September 14, 1999 at 21:42:17
| Name:
| pam williams
| E-mail:
| leww@execpc.com
| Location:
| waukesha, wi
| How the site | was found: heard mr kohn on wisc pub radio
| Comments:
| I just ordered "The Schools Our Children Deserve" on-line, I plan to pass it on to both my kids (ages 19 and 23)when I've read it. Both my children are bright and creative and got A's throughout high school and into college. My son especially, now a college sophomore, struggles to grasp & "retain" the content of courses & he feels he achieves short term memorization of information to achieve a good grades but ends up feeling cheated. The school gets his time & money (ours as well) & he's not sure what he's getting at all? Now we are considering--has he been & is he still dealng with a learning disorder or are schools missing the boat trying to teach all kids the same & focusing on test scores?? Do you find this a common concern?
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Date:
| Tuesday, September 14, 1999 at 12:50:53
| Name:
| Julie Burke
| E-mail:
| jemburke@bellsouth.net
| Organization:
| North Carolina State University
| Location:
| Raleigh, NC
| How the site | was found: Ed. Leadership,Sept.1999
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Date:
| Monday, September 13, 1999 at 11:38:52
| Name:
| David Aldrich
| E-mail:
| davald@seanet.com
| Location:
| Marysville, WA
| How the site | was found: Sherlock
|
Date:
| Sunday, September 12, 1999 at 16:22:19
| Name:
| gary howlett
| E-mail:
| ghowl@aol.com
| Organization:
| new learning, inc
| Location:
| seattle, wa
| Comments:
| keep up the good work
|
Date:
| Saturday, September 11, 1999 at 09:20:25
| Name:
| marjory forbes
| E-mail:
| foresjam@prodigy.net
| Organization:
| whole language teachers association
| Location:
| waltham, ma
| How the site | was found: educational leadership
| Comments:
| I especialy appreciate the bibiography.
|
Date:
| Friday, September 10, 1999 at 20:20:42
| Name:
| Jacqueline Carro
| E-mail:
| jacquelinecarro@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| Teacher
| Location:
| Cameron, NC
| How the site | was found: search engine
| Comments:
| I am looking for the article which addresses the "Book It" incentive program with Pizza Hut. I have read the article before, but cannot locate it. Please help me.
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Date:
| Thursday, September 9, 1999 at 21:58:37
| Name:
| John Lensch
| E-mail:
| jlensch@aol.com
| Organization:
| Roanoke City Publlic Schools
| Location:
| Roanoke, VA
| How the site | was found: Ed. Leadership article
| Comments:
| I agree totally with your coments in the latest Educational Leadership article on the high stakes testing. As principal of what used to be a non-traditional, developmentally aoppropriate, information age elementary school, I have seen first hand our program being destroyed by Virginia's single measurement tool, the "SOL Test". I have written about it, talked to state politicians about it, and no one seems to think they can do anything about the current state of affairs. An our school board and superintendent, instead of standing up to the conservative, right wing politicians, just seem to "cow-tow" and accept whatever the state BoE demands, regardless of whether or not their decrees hurt our students. With the poverty rate and associated problems we and other inner city school district are faced with, in my judgment we'll never reach the same "high standards" of achievement that even the more affluent districts are struggling to achieve. Keep on shouting your message. Many of us out here
see this so called reform effort as being the most distructive movement we've seen in our careers as professional educators.
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Date:
| Thursday, September 9, 1999 at 14:51:26
| Name:
| Bob DiGiulio
| E-mail:
| bobd@badger.jsc.vsc.edu
| Organization:
| Johnson State College
| Location:
| Johnson,, VT
| How the site | was found: word-of-mouth
| Comments:
| As a life-long educator, I'm very concerned by the so-called
"standards" movement, and with the control of education and
educators by the legal-governmental-business complex.
Alfie Kohn is right on target by emphasizing how powerful the
interests external to education have become. Good teaching
is being redefined as good compliance. Is there hope?
|
Date:
| Thursday, September 9, 1999 at 11:18:32
| Name:
| Jamie Gillespie-Walser
| E-mail:
| gillej@wisheights.k12.wi.us
| Organization:
| Wisconsin Heights Schools
| Location:
| Mazomanie, WI
| How the site | was found: Educational Leadership magazine
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Date:
| Wednesday, September 8, 1999 at 18:30:48
| Name:
| Eric Navarrete
| E-mail:
| eric.navarrete@gte.net
| Organization:
| college student (elementary education)
| Location:
| Hobbs, NM
| How the site | was found: Educational Leadership
| Comments:
| I do not believe that enough colleges and universities give their education majors in-depth exposure to Progressive principles (I assume their are a few).
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Date:
| Wednesday, September 8, 1999 at 10:32:12
| Name:
| Liz Loria and Jackie Renshaw
| E-mail:
| loria98@yahoo.com
| Organization:
| kingsbury school
| Location:
| Oxford, , MI
| How the site | was found: read about it
| Comments:
| THANK YOU FOR VERBALIZING THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AS TEACHERS WHEN TRYING TO EDUCATE PARENTS AS TO HOW THEIR CHILDREN LEARN.
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Date:
| Wednesday, September 8, 1999 at 09:13:01
| Name:
| Harold Bovee
| E-mail:
| hbovee@aol.com
| Organization:
| Wyoming Education Association
| Location:
| Torrington, WY
| How the site | was found: 9/1999 ASCD article
| Comments:
| Thank all superior powers/beings that Mr. Kohn is doing the work he does. There are many of us who abhore committing the malpractice required by "higher-ups" in our school systems.
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Date:
| Wednesday, September 8, 1999 at 05:24:45
| Name:
| Nanette Bulebosh
| E-mail:
| nbulebos@excel.net
| Organization:
| Serve on my local school board
| Location:
| Elkhart Lake, WI
| How the site | was found: Heard Alfie on Wisconsin Public Radio yesterday
| Comments:
| I've read several of Alfie's books and, six years ago, attended a workshop of his called "Teaching Kids to Care." His ideas and passion impressed me then; I'm glad to see he's still railing against the educational establishment (but WHY is the "establishment" still in such a sorry state?) As a school board member of a small district, I feel victimized by the growing pressure to compete with neighboring districts by playing the "who's got the highest test scores" game. The local press always ranks each district by its scores as soon as the state results come out, with very little explanation (and, of course, no critical analysis) of what the scores mean, or how little they actually reveal about what students are learning. The kids have it worse, though. They're the ones who have to sit through several days of testing every year, instead of discussing, cooperating, playing, experimenting, creating, and enjoying themselves they way they can in a classroom led by a good teacher. Reading the art
icles in this site has inspired me to keep the pressure on my legislators until we start seeing some positive changes.
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Date:
| Tuesday, September 7, 1999 at 22:24:58
| Name:
| larry Jones
| E-mail:
| ljjones@students.wisc.edu
| Location:
| Madison, WI
| How the site | was found: WPR
|
Date:
| Tuesday, September 7, 1999 at 15:04:42
| Name:
| Keith Johnson
| E-mail:
| kjohnson@509j.net
| Organization:
| Jefferson County School District 509-J
| Location:
| Madras, OR
| How the site | was found: ASCD
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Date:
| Sunday, September 5, 1999 at 21:13:16
| Name:
| Leo R. Sandy
| E-mail:
| lsandy@oz.plymouth.edu
| Organization:
| Plymouth State College
| Location:
| Plymouth, NH
| How the site | was found: article in American School Board
| Comments:
| I thoroughly enjoy all your writings and feel that they are right on the mark. Our American education system must be more humanized and democratized in order to promote every child's development. Thank you for advocating for social justice.
Leo
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Date:
| Friday, September 3, 1999 at 22:28:19
| Name:
| James Collins
| E-mail:
| nickandnora@bulkdist.com
| Location:
| Cleveland, TX
| How the site | was found: Educational Leadership
| Comments:
| I thought I was the only one that felt this way. All I had was my gut feeling and now I have support for my feelings. Reading the article in Educational Leadership showed me that it wasn't just my own aggravation. There's a real problem out there.
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Date:
| Friday, September 3, 1999 at 20:11:29
| Name:
| Cathie Baker
| E-mail:
| dbaker1@jps.net
| Organization:
| teacher
| Location:
| Sacramento, Ca
| How the site | was found: like the man
| Comments:
| Though Alfie is on the "left" side of the pendulum, I agree and love to hear his philosophy on human nature. He kicks us in the shins and makes us take a hard look at what we do. I'm always asking myself,"Am I doing it with or to kids?"
It helps me reflect my actions.
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Date:
| Friday, September 3, 1999 at 16:22:30
| Name:
| Michael Tracy
| E-mail:
| mtracy@shore.pvt.k12.ma.us
| Organization:
| Shore Country Day School
| Location:
| Beverly, MA
| How the site | was found: Alfie
| Comments:
| I am an Alfie enthusiast!
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Date:
| Thursday, September 2, 1999 at 16:53:56
| Name:
| Irma B. Thompson
| E-mail:
| msirma@cfw.com
| Organization:
| Parents Across Virginia to Reform Sols
| Location:
| Buena Vista, Va
| How the site | was found: Frm a message I received
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Date:
| Thursday, September 2, 1999 at 22:35:38
| Name:
| Bill Vinton
| E-mail:
| bvinton@together.net
| Organization:
| Critical Skills / Education by Design program, Antioch N. E. Grad School
| Location:
| St. Johnsbury, VT
| How the site | was found: Ed Leadership Sept 99
| Comments:
| As a high school physics teacher (up to the AP level) and drama instructor, I have become increasingly frustrated with the deadening effect that the standards movement has had on the climate of schooling. So many excellent teachers are terrified about the state tests that they shy away from teaching in a way that is affirming and empowering for students. The terrible, terrible tragedy of interpreting performance on state standardized tests as being an indicator of effective schooling is stifling education. The distinction between "horizontal" and "vertical" standards is crucial!
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Date:
| Wednesday, September 1, 1999 at 18:48:27
| Name:
| Joe Emerson
| E-mail:
| mr_e2bgov@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| too many to mention; here as an individual
| Location:
| Yorktown, VA
| How the site | was found: from professional journal
| Comments:
| I've been waiting all year for "The Schools our Children..."
I purchased it Sunday, and find myself saying, "finally, someone understands what I'm dealing with". I've been teaching for 8 years. All across the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Standards movement has taken hold of our educational system. I am no longer to teach my students to think critically, become informed citizens, challenge the political status quo, or participate in public policy debates. Rather, I've been told to teach to the Standards of Learning test. Alfie is right when he states (I'm paraphrasing)'Do we want kids to be good test takers, or do we want well educated kids?'
I'm not finished with "Schools...", but I've come this conclusion. The Standards movement is a form of educational propaganda written and instituted by political conservatives to ensure that their reactionary ideology is accepted by the voting public as the norm.
Don't get me wrong. I have high standards for my students, and even higher ones for myself. But my standards ensure the progression of the United States into a much more fair and just nation. I welcome any feedback anyone might have.
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Date:
| Tuesday, August 31, 1999 at 15:36:16
| Name:
| Beth Shapiro
| E-mail:
| BShap35892@aol.com
| Organization:
| Comsewogue High School
| Location:
| Pt. Jeff. Sta. , NY
| How the site | was found: Article in supervision magazine
| Comments:
| I'm an 'adult' newbie to teaching...third and final career. Always looking for ideas.
|
Date:
| Monday, August 30, 1999 at 13:32:04
| Name:
| Kevin Murphy
| E-mail:
| kevin.p.murphy@ae.ge.com
| Organization:
| GE Aircraft Engines
| Location:
| Cincinnati, OH
| How the site | was found: OQPF
|
Date:
| Sunday, August 29, 1999 at 13:47:41
| Name:
| LeAnne Lorenzo
| E-mail:
| nurturelcl@aol.com
| Organization:
| Early Intervention Technical Assistance
| Location:
| Pottstown, PA
| How the site | was found: A friend recommended it.
|
Date:
| Tuesday, August 24, 1999 at 00:48:16
| Name:
| David Ingerson
| E-mail:
| dkinger@teleport.com
| Organization:
| Portland Public Schools
| Location:
| Portland, OR
| How the site | was found: Yahoo
| Comments:
| I'm just finishing Beyond Discipline and will be teaching in my first fegular classroom for six years. (I've been a math specialist in the meantime without my own class.) Alfie Describes just the way I would like to be able to teach, but going it alone is daunting. Is there an organization or a web site or any way to contact others who are also struggling to be human and democratic and constructivist in the classroom? I'd love to share ideas, experiences, fears, and epiphanies with others doing the same thing.
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Date:
| Monday, August 23, 1999 at 21:11:08
| Name:
| Sheraine T. Venetis
| E-mail:
| stx1@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| St. Croix Country Day School
| Location:
| St. Croix, USVIVI
| How the site | was found: received at Lesly College Peaceable Schools Workshop
| Comments:
| Enjoyed your presentation and your ideas. They motivate educators and parents to think and approach education in different ways!
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Date:
| Monday, August 23, 1999 at 19:58:53
| Name:
| Lori Vaas
| E-mail:
| Oboer1@aol.com
| Organization:
| Worthington schools
| Location:
| Worthington, , OH
| How the site | was found: email from Alfie Kohn
| Comments:
| I will request that our school purchase a copy of Alfie's new book. I've read "Punished By Rewards" and "Beyond Discipline" and they have changed the way I conduct my classes. I now always check myself- "Am I doing this with the students or to them?"
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Date:
| Tuesday, August 17, 1999 at 15:53:43
| Name:
| Valerie Powell
| E-mail:
| valleydale@aol.com
| Organization:
| Henrico County Public Schools
| Location:
| Richmond, VA
| How the site | was found: search engine, after having read Punished by Rewards....
| Comments:
| I am amazed and afraid all at once at the prospect of beginning my 22nd year in teaching middle school Spanish WITHOUT ANY REWARDS OR PUNISHMENTS. Because I so strongly believe the tenets of Punished by Rewards, I am giving over control of my classroom/students to whatever will happen with the grace of God and with the wisdom I may possess to create a classroom of interest to these children. I feel the dread of having to deal with that first "infraction" (rule #3, consequence 3B, etc.) (^__^) but just maybe a new thought will kick in before I revert to the "old ways." Many thanks to Mr. Kohn for revealing these travesties going on in education today; only now am I able to completely get rid of the "token economy" that my classes relied on for the last few years. There's a new bandwagon, I hope....
Valerie
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Date:
| Thursday, August 12, 1999 at 11:32:42
| Name:
| Dave King
| E-mail:
| kingdave45@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| Frick's Meat Products
| Location:
| Washington, MO
| How the site | was found: From your Deming Conference
| Comments:
| I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR PRESENTATION AT THE DEMING CONFERENCE AND HAVE DONE WELL BY MANAGING OUR SALES PEOPLE WITHOUT REWARDS! I DID PICKUP YOUR BOOKS AND PLAN ON READING THEM. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN BUSY RAISING FOUR CHILDREN AND SEEK MORE WAYS TO HELP THEM INCREASE INTRINSIC MOTIVATION.
IT WAS GREAT MEETING YOU, AND HOPE TO LEARN MORE FROM YOUR BOOKS.
THANKS!
DAVE KING
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Date:
| Wednesday, August 4, 1999 at 10:30:10
| Name:
| Robin Alexander
| E-mail:
| RobinKathy@compuserve.com
| Organization:
| UW La Crosse
| Location:
| La Crosse, WI
| How the site | was found: Search
| Comments:
| Am reading No Contest. Teach at UW in the Business School. Consider grades to be the single most destructive element in current educational practice.
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Date:
| Monday, August 2, 1999 at 17:27:43
| Name:
| Barbara Hall
| E-mail:
| awanui@xtra.co.nz
| Organization:
| School
| Location:
| Kaitaia New Zealand
| How the site | was found: Recommended by friend
|
Date:
| Wednesday, July 28, 1999 at 15:04:52
| Name:
| Patty Pappas
| E-mail:
| pattyp@mcgrawhill.ca
| Organization:
| McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd
| Location:
| Toronto, Ontario CANADA
| How the site | was found: NCTE Newspaper
| Comments:
| I have heard Alfie Kohn speak a number of times and I'm always impressed with his insights into the educational system. He is both entertaining and informative.
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Date:
| Monday, July 26, 1999 at 19:47:11
| Name:
| Anne O'Bryant
| E-mail:
| aobk12@aol.com
| Organization:
| Chelmsford Schools
| Location:
| Chelmsford, ma
| How the site | was found: recommended by colleague
| Comments:
| I am so frustrated by the MCAS testing in our state and the fact that we are paying people to go into education with no educational background. I have written an article to get my frustrations out and would love to get comments from people who are against the teacher bashing and recent trends in education. If there is anyone out there who would like to read my rough draft of "I Teach Children"I would appreciate comments. Thanks, Anne
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Date:
| Friday, July 23, 1999 at 21:11:21
| Name:
| sally Jenkins
| E-mail:
| jsljjenk@groupz.net
| Organization:
| classroom teacher
| Location:
| aiken, sc 29803
| How the site | was found: read article in nte pub.
| Comments:
| I am having to write several essays. . .my "reward" for being selected teacher of the year ?!? I was pondering which issue to address in my "important issues in ed. today" section... when I read about your work and your thoughts I wanted to shout yippee. . .someone else feels as I do. . .thanks for the affirmation, the information
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Date:
| Friday, July 23, 1999 at 20:23:43
| Name:
| M. A. Norman
| E-mail:
| manorman@roanoke.infi.net
| Location:
| Roanoke, VA
| How the site | was found: was out on FEN (Family Education Network) reading about the testing discussion with Jim Popham and someone recommended this site! Glad to have found you!!
| Comments:
| Have not viewed site as yet... but am a proponent of changing the "behaviorist" notion of rewards/punishments...
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Date:
| Thursday, July 22, 1999 at 00:47:29
| Name:
| Dr. Helen Dale
| E-mail:
| dalehn@uwec.edu
| Organization:
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
| Location:
| Eau Claire, WI
| How the site | was found: in NCTE's _Council Chronicle_
| Comments:
| I have written a number of articles and a monograph for NCTE on co-authoring. Much of what you've had to say over the years about competition and collaboration have been central to the ways in which I think about collaborative learning.
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Date:
| Wednesday, July 21, 1999 at 13:18:26
| Name:
| Kim Mattke
| E-mail:
| ktmranch@santel.net
| Organization:
| Teacher
| Location:
| Huron, SD
| How the site | was found: Looking for "Human Behavior"
| Comments:
| I teach in a Social Development Classroom. I find any added information wonderful, hopefully new ideas might spark new ways of dealing with "our" kids.
Thank you for an educational and interesting site!
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Date:
| Wednesday, July 21, 1999 at 13:17:24
| Name:
| Jim Fehrle
| E-mail:
| jfehrle@netcom.com
| Location:
| Menlo Park, CA
| How the site | was found: metacrawler after reading books
| Comments:
| I've been very stimulated by reading 3.8 of your
books (No Contest, Punished, the essays and most (so far)
of The Brighter Side).
Materialism is closely related to competitiveness.
Thinking about what's best for 'us' is the antidote.
And 'us' includes all the people of the world.
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Date:
| Tuesday, July 20, 1999 at 00:44:15
| Name:
| Karen Ritz
| E-mail:
| krcrew@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| Highline School District
| Location:
| Kirkland, WA
| How the site | was found: NCTE magazine
| Comments:
| Thanks for promoting change in our public schools. I'm doing my best to spread Kohn's ideas in my school! :)
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Date:
| Monday, July 19, 1999 at 20:10:38
| Name:
| A.Z. Webb
| E-mail:
| zltwebb@aol.com
| Organization:
| n/a
| Location:
| see e-mail address, MI
| How the site | was found: PathsofLearning
| Comments:
| Desparately seeking unschool that does not practice rewards & punishments for my 12 year old gifted son who has been homeschooled since 2nd grade and wants to "go to school" with lots of children of all ages (tried Waldorf, private schools, charter, and even democratic (found democratic to be too cliquey and too much swearing and violence)). Please help if you can with a list of unschools. Many thanks. zltwebb@aol.com
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Date:
| Friday, July 16, 1999 at 18:17:18
| Name:
| Cynthia D. Cousins
| E-mail:
| CDPDGAL@worlddnet.att.net
| Organization:
| None - Studdent of Education and Parent
| Location:
| Bayside, NY
| How the site | was found: Fair test examiner newsletter
| Comments:
| I an interested in finding out more information aabout the negaative impact that the tougher standards have made on the children and teachers in the New York City Board
of Education area.
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Date:
| Wednesday, July 14, 1999 at 22:44:03
| Name:
| Tessa D. Fraass
| E-mail:
| Tfraass@hotmail.com
| Location:
| Lodgepole, NE
| How the site | was found: searched "Alfie Kohn"
| Comments:
| I attended a presentation Alfie Kohn did at Omaha, Nebraska a year ago. On our eight hour drive home from the presentation, the van was full of discussion about all the new ideas we heard from Mr. Kohn. Since that time, I have purchased several of his books, and taken a college class where we read "Beyond Discipline". Thanks to my college instructor, a number of us began meeting once a week to discuss these issues. I helped my instructor present on rewards and punishments at a conference and we attempted writing an article about the transitions we had been going through in reforming our beliefs about education. I have recently graduated from college and will be teaching kindergarten and developmental preschool in the fall. Now, I feel the real challenge will begin! I need to keep current on Alfie Kohn's information and continue to be fired up about it all! I am thankful for this home page and hope to find lots of support from others who are changing or keeping their beliefs to involve c
hildren and move away from punishments and rewards and all the other 'stuff' we were taught and treated when we were growing up!
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Date:
| Tuesday, July 13, 1999 at 08:17:52
| Name:
| Beverly Pavao
| E-mail:
| BPAVAO@AOL.COM
| Organization:
| Title 1 Fall River Public Schools
| Location:
| Fall River, MA
| How the site | was found: Peaceable Schools Institute
| Comments:
| I have heard you speak 7 times on different subject areas. I am always interested in your point of view and I have read 3 of your books. I am especially interested in your parenting ideas and would like to stay informed about any lectures/articles you publish in this area.
Thank you for your great ideas and sense of humor.
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Date:
| Monday, July 12, 1999 at 23:20:34
| Name:
| Elizabeth O'Neill
| E-mail:
| lunadiluna@aol.com
| Organization:
| Fall River Public Schools
| Location:
| Fall River, MA
| How the site | was found: You mentioned it
| Comments:
| Hi
I heard you for the third time at Lesley . I must say that maybe now that I am more into the project that I no longer have the compulsive urge to jump on stage and slug you. Honestly, your talk was very motivation and it has again inspired me to go back and not care(too much anyway) about what others say. Thanks
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Date:
| Monday, July 12, 1999 at 19:18:02
| Name:
| Linda Laidler
| E-mail:
| linda-l@wildmail.com
| Organization:
| Touchstone Community School
| Location:
| Grafton, MA
| How the site | was found: Alfie spoke at Peaceable Schools 1999
| Comments:
| I was most impressed with the keynote that I heard at Peaceable Schools 1999. I am an Convert. It was refreshing to receive validation of the way we try to work with kids.I am extremely interested in saving our children from standardized testing for which I see no purpose. I find myself wondering what our children are being prepared for and how a test prepares them.
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Date:
| Monday, July 12, 1999 at 13:59:27
| Name:
| Honore Harvey
| E-mail:
| honoreh@juno.com
| Location:
| Milwaukee , WI
| How the site | was found: internet search (dogpile)
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Date:
| Monday, July 12, 1999 at 09:52:52
| Name:
| eric freeman
| E-mail:
| ericef@yahoo.com
| Organization:
| north carolina state university
| Location:
| raleigh, nc
| How the site | was found: paths of learning magazine
|
Date:
| Saturday, July 10, 1999 at 01:55:20
| Name:
| Kathleen Haagenson
| Organization:
| Cascade Union School District
| Location:
| Anderson, CA
| How the site | was found: Alfie
| Comments:
| I heard Alfie Kohn speak at this year's ASCD conference in San Francisco. I loved his message about standards and testing. I want to help get the word out.
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Date:
| Thursday, July 8, 1999 at 09:26:41
| Name:
| Doug MacLeod
| E-mail:
| dmac@massed.net
| Organization:
| Winthrop School
| Location:
| Ipswich, MA
| How the site | was found: search
| Comments:
| I have been an Alfie "convert" for several years now. As a 5th
grade teacher, I find the ideas and ideals refreshing
and logical. Thank you for supporting the way I teach!
|
Date:
| Thursday, July 8, 1999 at 09:26:41
| Name:
| Doug MacLeod
| E-mail:
| dmac@massed.net
| Organization:
| Winthrop School
| Location:
| Ipswich, MA
| How the site | was found: search
| Comments:
| I have been an Alfie "convert" for several years now. As a 5th
grade teacher, I find the ideas and ideals refreshing
and logical. Thank you for supporting the way I teach!
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Date:
| Friday, July 2, 1999 at 14:51:47
| Name:
| Gerald Weitz D.D.S.
| E-mail:
| cweitz@moscow. com
| Organization:
| Moscow School Board
| Location:
| Moscow, Idaho, Id
| How the site | was found: teacher referral
| Comments:
| I'm researching business interest in public schools and was the Chairmman of the regional local partnership council and also the chair of the Chamber of Commerce's Education committee. With that, I'm curious.
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Date:
| Monday, June 28, 1999 at 10:21:42
| Name:
| Kathrine Muller
| E-mail:
| kathyl@altoona.com
| Organization:
| ISSP of PA
| Location:
| Altoona, PA
| How the site | was found: attended Alfie's workshop
| Comments:
| As an early childhood education consultant I think it is important to network with other professionals who want to
implement learner- centered practices for all children.
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Date:
| Sunday, June 27, 1999 at 08:59:18
| Name:
| Tony Birch
| E-mail:
| tony.birch@btinternet.com
| Organization:
| UCE
| Location:
| United kingdom
| How the site | was found: Actively sought it out!
| Comments:
| I am studying for a Masters degree at the UCE in the UK. My dissertation will be on incentives and whether they work in today's modern manufacturing environments.
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Date:
| Thursday, June 24, 1999 at 00:41:06
| Name:
| Vickie Weiss
| E-mail:
| vweiss4037@aol.com
| Organization:
| City School
| Location:
| Grand Blanc, MI
| How the site | was found: Fair Test Examiner
| Comments:
| I am visiting to find the national network concerned about the tougher standards movement. What a sad thing to have happened to education in Michigan. The TEST is all anyone seems to care about. I remember when we used to plan lessons for kids not MEAP.
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Date:
| Saturday, June 19, 1999 at 01:06:25
| Name:
| Bruce Banner
| E-mail:
| kaybruce@mail.utexas.edu
| Organization:
| Austin Independent School District
| Location:
| Austin, TX
| How the site | was found: goto.com
| Comments:
| I really appreciate Alfie Kohn's work. He has informed my personal philosophy along with others like Noam Chomsky, W.E. Deming and Charles Sanders Peirce. Bravo and keep up the great effort!
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Date:
| Thursday, June 17, 1999 at 16:28:08
| Name:
| Lucille Waterson
| E-mail:
| watersll@potsdam.edu
| Organization:
| SUNY Potsdam
| Location:
| Potsdam, NY
| How the site | was found: at a conference where Alfie spoke
| Comments:
| Alfie's books and ideas have opened up new venues for my college students. Also, at my suggestion, one of the Provost's Book Talk sessions was on Punished by Rewards. Lots of lively discussion ensued. Students and faculty continue to discuss Alfie's books.
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Date:
| Thursday, June 17, 1999 at 15:56:13
| Name:
| Bill Hull
| E-mail:
| hull57@potsdam.edu
| Organization:
| student at SUNY Potsdam
| Location:
| Canton, New York
| How the site | was found: a friend told me about it
| Comments:
| Your books have been both eye-opening and enjoyable to read. I've read PUNISHED BY REWARDS twice - the first time on my own, the second time for a class I took exploring ideas raised in the book. I also read NO CONTEST, and found it very informative. Thanks for writing on these topics, and providing so much new insight into them!
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Date:
| Monday, June 14, 1999 at 09:50:14
| Name:
| Maryann B. Snyder
| E-mail:
| mbsnyder@usa.net
| Organization:
| my book group!
| Location:
| Hershey, PA
| Comments:
| Would love more autobiographical info on Alfie for my book discussion group. Particularly his educational background. Please forward to email address above. thank you! We're reading Punished by Rewards this month. I find it very intriguing and challenging to my current parenting style. Much of it rings true. I'll be a better parent for having read it. Thank you Alfie!
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Date:
| Monday, June 14, 1999 at 09:37:06
| Name:
| Maryann B. Snyder
| E-mail:
| mbsnyder@usa.net
| Organization:
| The Other Book Group
| Location:
| Hershey, PA
| How the site | was found: Yahoo Search
| Comments:
| Dear Alfie,
I attended your workshop in Harrisburg, PA last summer and was intrigued and conflicted by your theories. My book group is reading Punished by Rewards this month and will be discussing it on Wed. June 16. As I am responsible for author research, I would like to learn more about your educational background and work experience. If you, or anyone else who may read this, has biographical information to share, please forward to the email address above. thanks!
Much of Punished By Rewards rang true to me, but I'm not sure how I would have survived raising 3 boys without rewards and consequences. Now that my boys are at an age where reasoning works (12,10, and 5) and they can particpate more effectively in decisions, the need for extrinsic motivators is much less. Alfie's book has made me rethink my interactions with my kids. Our relationships are healthier because of it.
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Date:
| Sunday, June 13, 1999 at 17:51:47
| Name:
| Shawn Morgan, Ph.D.
| E-mail:
| shawnmorgan@sprintmail.com
| Organization:
| Alternative School #1
| Location:
| Seattle, WA
| How the site | was found: FairTest newsletter
| Comments:
| This is important work. Organizing is much needed. Can't wait to read Alfie's new book.
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Date:
| Friday, June 11, 1999 at 10:38:35
| Name:
| Donald Pippin
| E-mail:
| djpippin@netscape.net
| Organization:
| Doniphan Senior High School Library
| Location:
| Doniphan, MO
| How the site | was found: web search.
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Date:
| Friday, June 11, 1999 at 01:26:22
| Name:
| Karen Garcia
| E-mail:
| karenkg@napanet.net
| Organization:
| Sonoma State University
| Location:
| Napa, CA
| How the site | was found: recommended by friend
| Comments:
| Thanks for this site. As a teacher and Educator in Residence, I'm very frightened about what is happening in our schools. You've articulated the problem clearly and given concrete ideas for action.
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Date:
| Wednesday, June 9, 1999 at 20:34:14
| Name:
| Oh,Ju-hwan
| E-mail:
| parkhyeyeon@hanmail
| How the site | was found: Because english test...
| Comments:
| I am Korean.
I have english test about human behavior. So I find your site.
Many things in this site help me.
Thank you.
P.S. My english is not good.
Sorry...
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Date:
| Tuesday, June 8, 1999 at 03:00:36
| Name:
| Dave W. Russell
| E-mail:
| d.russell@ipfb.net
| Organization:
| DoDDS Schools Giessen
| Location:
| APO , AE
| How the site | was found: ASCD article
| Comments:
| Alfie,
Great site. Thank you for examining the air we breath.
At IDEA, in Maryland, your book No Contest was mentioned.
It drew heated and immediate negative responses from the men
while the woman in the room sat politely and listened. Seeing
this reaction, I ran out and purchased No Contest. I have
been reading your stuff every since.
Dave Russell
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Date:
| Saturday, June 5, 1999 at 04:53:41
| Name:
| Roger Hunter
| E-mail:
| rjhunter@cris.com
| Organization:
| Pacific University, Oregon
| Comments:
| useful
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Date:
| Friday, June 4, 1999 at 21:56:03
| Name:
| Nancy McMunn
| E-mail:
| nmcmunn@SERVE.org or mcmunn@msn.com
| Organization:
| SERVE
| Location:
| Greensboro, NC
| How the site | was found: Through a friend
| Comments:
| I would like to get information to contact Alfie Kohn to present at a Regional Southeastern Forum in October. How do I go about finding out cost involved and availability?
|
Date:
| Friday, June 4, 1999 at 21:24:57
| Name:
| Donna Sennett
| E-mail:
| dsennett@ric.edu
| Organization:
| Rhode Island College
| Location:
| Providence, RI
| How the site | was found: ASCD publication "Education Update"
| Comments:
| My doctoral thesis will address the issue of equity. I am particularly interested in the relationship between equity and standards. The idea that standards are top down rests uneasily in relation to teaching and learning. It is amazing to me that the standards seem to suggest that all children start from the same "ground zero". I heartily agree with Mr. Kohn's argument that there are two kinds of standards- horizontal and vertical. Having been a classroom teacher for many years, I believe the best (and most equitable) standards in existence are those developed by NCTM. Donna Sennett
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Date:
| Friday, June 4, 1999 at 14:57:03
| Name:
| Synette Melluzzo
| E-mail:
| synette@halcyon.com
| Organization:
| Yelm Community Schools
| Location:
| Rainier, WA
| How the site | was found: searched for Alfie Kohn
| Comments:
| Love your ideas!
|
Date:
| Friday, June 4, 1999 at 13:11:08
| Name:
| Ruth Brock
| E-mail:
| ruthbrock@mindspring.com
| Organization:
| Springville Elementary
| Location:
| Springville, AL
| How the site | was found: searched
| Comments:
| I love what you write and your philosophy. I am a kindergarten teacher and I consider myself very "progressive". I do not fit in very well in my school, but it is great to read about a professional like you who feels the way I do about children, teaching, and the problems we face in our schools. I plan to continue with my methods of teaching, even though the administration frowns on my philosophy. Keep writing and speaking out for our children!
Thanks!
Ruth Brock
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Date:
| Thursday, June 3, 1999 at 14:25:59
| Name:
| Mary Jo Fohey
| E-mail:
| mjfohey@ladue.k12.mo.us
| Organization:
| Ladue Junior High School
| Location:
| St. Louis, MO
| How the site | was found: ASCD
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Date:
| Tuesday, June 1, 1999 at 23:56:22
| Name:
| Loni Gray
| E-mail:
| Lonitj@flash.net
| Organization:
| STEPS
| Location:
| Berkeley, CA
| How the site | was found: ASCD newsletter article
| Comments:
| I am a storyteller, speaker, trainer and an active participant
in my kid's education. I have been an art docent, cirriculum
developer,drama teacher, reading teacher, anything that
encouraged kids to find passion. When my son was in
elementary school, I tried to start a school that developed
community & learning with one's whole body. But lenders saw
only that I was not a credentialed teacher, only a mother
and a former honor student. I couldn't possibly know when
made school wonderful, fascinating and alive for children.
| So, I have fought my small battles as guest visitor,enrichment teacher in children's classes.I came upon Alfie Kohn's work about three years ago,when I was helping a wonderful 6th grade teacher build a history curriculum around the new Washington State "Standards". Mr. Kohn's words spoke directly to my feelings! I was a child who HATED competition. I would cringe at spelling bees at having to prove myself worthy by comparing myself to my friends, and my not-so-friendly-peers. I still remember the feeling of closing down inside. Thank you Mr. Kohn for being bold enough to speak out with the clarity of vision, and caring enough to buck the system! A question: Several years ago, I saw a piece on behaviorists, and other perceptions. It spoke of a research scientist who had a cage of young monkeys that figured out how to open the latch to their cage, much to their delight. When the scientists "rewarded" the monkeys with a banana, they were totally confused. The feeling of success was intrinsically its own reward. Do you know who the scientist was and if he has written anything further?
Thanks!
Date:
| Saturday, May 29, 1999 at 21:44:28
| Name:
| Chris Cummings
| E-mail:
| lizardsss@aol.com
| Location:
| Cathedral City , CA
| How the site | was found: Yahoo
|
Date:
| Saturday, May 29, 1999 at 13:00:06
| Name:
| Gene Schumacher
| E-mail:
| genes@ieaccess.net
| Organization:
| Prog. for Incarcerated Youth
| Location:
| Riverhead, NY
| How the site | was found: inetlibrary
| Comments:
| This material looks very relevant and on-target. Keep up the good work.
|
Date:
| Friday, May 28, 1999 at 09:46:46
| Name:
| Timothy Bowler
| E-mail:
| ibailis@ucla.edu
| Location:
| Santa Monica, CA
| How the site | was found: Browsing the net and looking under the name Kohn, Alfie.
| Comments:
| I think that Mr Kohn is one of the important thinkers of this
period and will become more and more relevent as the world becomes more and
more globally linked. I hope that at a certain point it will become clear that
it is in the world's best interest to act coopperatively, rather than destroy
each other in our futile efforts to control and exploit the earths limited
resources.
|
Date:
| Tuesday, May 25, 1999 at 18:10:32
| Name:
| Michael J. Shannon
| E-mail:
| mjs3@ix.netcom.com
| Organization:
| Center for Design Studies
| Location:
| Englewood, NJ
| How the site | was found: AK response to my phone msg.
| Comments:
| Found PUNISHED BY REWARDS extremely valuable and timely.
Huge work! Thank you! Want to know about updates, additions,
developments in your thinking. Please advise as appropriate.
MJS
|
Date:
| Tuesday, May 25, 1999 at 15:14:29
| Name:
| Dennis Gray
| E-mail:
| dgray@teep.org
| Organization:
| The Education Enhancement Partnership
| Location:
| Canton, OH
| How the site | was found: ASCD's Ed. Update
|
Date:
| Monday, May 24, 1999 at 20:15:27
| Name:
| Susan Foley
| E-mail:
| ronlaw@pacbell.net
| Location:
| San Mateo, CA
|
Date:
| Monday, May 24, 1999 at 17:05:21
| Name:
| Robin Martin
| E-mail:
| roses9@idt.net
| Organization:
| Center for Inspired Learning and AERO
| Location:
| Shawnee Mission, KS
| How the site | was found: mentioned on AEROlist
| Comments:
| I'm just updating the AERO links at http://www.edrev.org/links.htm, and am most please to your site to it! Your ideas AND ideals in education are magnificent, very much confirming of my own conclusions and studies in motivation and human development.
Next time I update my own web site, http://www.inspiredinside.com/learning, I'll also be sure to add your site to the links!
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Date:
| Monday, May 24, 1999 at 16:10:43
| Name:
| Rebecca Woulfe
| E-mail:
| becky@zeotek.com
| Organization:
| Childhood Matters
| Location:
| Lakewood, CO
| How the site | was found: Search on Excite
| Comments:
| Kohn's work is imperative to making the necessary changes to society that will make the world a better place!
|
Date:
| Thursday, May 20, 1999 at 17:28:02
| Name:
| Mike Schlabra
| E-mail:
| schlabra@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| TISD
| Location:
| Tomball, TX
| How the site | was found: Alta Vista
| Comments:
| Beyond Discipline I believe causes every educator to take a good long look at their own styles of student interaction and for a "refocus" on what we believe are true goals are in education
|
Date:
| Thursday, May 20, 1999 at 13:35:32
| Name:
| Debbi J. Payne
| E-mail:
| djp1313@aol.com
| Organization:
| Parent/Educator
| Location:
| Newfield, NY
| How the site | was found: Mr. Kohn referred to it at the ICP Conference.
| Comments:
| I really enjoy Mr. Kohn's communication style. I'd be interesed in information about the Grassroots organization he referred to at the ICP Conference.
|
Date:
| Wednesday, May 19, 1999 at 12:15:27
| Name:
| David Brobeck
| E-mail:
| dbrobeck@woodridge.summit.k12.oh.us
| Organization:
| Woodridge Local Schools
| Location:
| Peninsula, OH
| How the site | was found: ASCD
| Comments:
| thank you for the work you do to support children. In Ohio, many of us worry that the 4th grade reading guarantee will result in terrible trauma on our nine year olds. Your research is helpful in fighting such damaging legislation.
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Date:
| Tuesday, May 18, 1999 at 21:55:59
| Name:
| Marilyn Koontz
| E-mail:
| MKKOONTZ@aol.com
| Organization:
| Tulsa Public Schools
| Location:
| Tulsa, Ok
| How the site | was found: research on Kohn
| Comments:
| I have read two of Alfie's books and am convinced that rewards and punishments are harmful in the school setting.
I am frustrated because my co-workers are getting ready to set up a token economy in our school and I fear I will have to resign rather than be a part of it.
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Date:
| Monday, May 17, 1999 at 23:50:24
| Name:
| Lynn Heller
| E-mail:
| ldheller@psesd.org
| Organization:
| Sanislo Elementary School
| Location:
| Seattle, WA
| How the site | was found: ASCD Ed. Update
| Comments:
| I appreciate the articulate, outspoken stance you take on crucial educational issues. As a 3rd grade teacher I am distressed about the stress we put on the "product" and the "performance" of young children rather than on the process and the discovery in learning. The children who engage beautfully around text in class often do poorly on the ITBS. I don't believe this score necessarily reflects real learning, and I'm sick that more and more I am told-Get the scores up! I'm in a minority and it's good to hear your voice and the voice of others who question this "lock-step" trend in our schools.
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Date:
| Monday, May 17, 1999 at 23:11:49
| Name:
| Dudley Butts
| E-mail:
| dbutts@peoriaud.k12.az.us
| Organization:
| Centennial High School
| Location:
| Peoria, AZ
| How the site | was found: search
| Comments:
| Does Mr.Kohn have any speaking or workshop engagements scheduled for the next few months? If so where and when.
Mr. Kohn's insights into education are both enlightening and refreshing.
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Date:
| Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 21:36:24
| Name:
| David A. Bennett
| E-mail:
| db62@massed.net
| Organization:
| Attleboro High School
| Location:
| Attleboro, MA
| How the site | was found: NCTE List/Serv
|
Date:
| Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 20:39:25
| Name:
| Sheila G. Mainiero
| Organization:
| Brown School PTO
| Location:
| Madison, CT
| How the site | was found: ICP Conference
| Comments:
| I love the "cages you rattle" with your questions of existing methods of discipline. I enjoyed hearing you speak at the ICP Conference - May 13 & 14. Your grace and style was admirable.
|
Date:
| Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 17:30:25
| Name:
| Lynn Babcock
| E-mail:
| cbabcock@livonia.k12.mi.us
| Organization:
| Grant Elementary School
| Location:
| Livonia, MI
| How the site | was found: Alfie told us about at conf. this week in Burlington, MA
| Comments:
| Alfie, please add me to your list of "followers." You announced at the Northeastern Univesity conference to be added here to be in a group wanting to make positive changes in schools. I've seen/heard you often, generally through NAESP.
|
Date:
| Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:58:02
| Name:
| Phil Vik
| E-mail:
| pvik@usd.edu
| Organization:
| University of SD
| Location:
| Vermillion, SD
| How the site | was found: ASCD
| Comments:
| I like your ideas.
|
Date:
| Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:44:42
| Name:
| chris cotton
| E-mail:
| cpccon@dircon.co.uk
| Organization:
| LEADING EDUCATION LIMITED
| Location:
| Barkston Ash, NYorkshire, UK
| How the site | was found: thro' ASCD
|
Date:
| Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 01:59:46
| Name:
| Dan Merewether
| E-mail:
| dmerewet@ria.net
| Organization:
| Karval School
| Location:
| Karval, CO
| How the site | was found: searched for it
| Comments:
| Just finished the very insightful "What to look for in a classroom". I am wondering if Mr. Kohn has addressed the Columbine High School tragedy which is of course on all of our minds who are in public education in Colorado. Would it be an overstatement of his thinking to say that the alienation of the killers may be a product of the school culture that is marked by competition rather than by caring? I could imagine in a more democratically organized classroom the factions in the school would not be nearly as hostile.
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Date:
| Friday, May 14, 1999 at 18:27:47
| Name:
| Ed Smith
| E-mail:
| ed_smith@reynolds.k12.or.us
| Organization:
| Reynolds School District
| Location:
| Fairview, OR
| How the site | was found: ASCD Education Update
|
Date:
| Thursday, May 13, 1999 at 21:24:28
| Name:
| Brian Reid
| E-mail:
| cfbdr1@eiu.edu
| Organization:
| Eastern Illinois University
| Location:
| Charleston , IL
|
Date:
| Thursday, May 13, 1999 at 18:12:37
| Name:
| Donna Tanzer
| E-mail:
| DQuixotica@aol.com
| Organization:
| West Allis Central High School
| Location:
| West Allis, WI
| How the site | was found: ASCD newsletter
| Comments:
| I am delighted to find this site, though I have already read Alfie Kohn's books and researched his articles on the Web. It is increasingly difficult to make learning meaningful and engaging and to create a real community of learners in the face of more and more punitive approaches to "controlling" students along with the high-stakes tests and standards. It is so difficult to resist being sucked into the machine. I am grateful to find others who think as I do. It gets very lonely in a large, traditional high school.
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Date:
| Thursday, May 13, 1999 at 11:18:39
| Name:
| Fred H. Groves
| E-mail:
| edgroves@alpha.nlu.edu
| Organization:
| Northeast Louisiana University
| Location:
| Monroe, LA
| How the site | was found: ASCD Educ. Update
| Comments:
| I use your arguments on standards, rewards, etc. very much in my
graduate education classes. Educators in this area are very
ill-informed on these issues, and most are steeped in behavioral
psych theories and techniques. Constructivism, multiple intelligences, learning styles theory,
etc. were mostly unknown when I came here from Colorado in 1990.
Many of the teachers in my classes view Kohn's ideas favorably,
but some, along with many administrators, see his ideas as
threatening. This region, more than any other that I have
personally encountered, is obsessed with 'control' and the
idea that students must be 'managed' - sort of like a herd
of cattle. The fundamental rule is that "students should be
seen and not heard".
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Date:
| Wednesday, May 12, 1999 at 14:39:58
| Name:
| Debra Bentley
| E-mail:
| bentleyd@mail.johnson-lea.washington.k12.tn.us
| Organization:
| Mountain View Elementary
| Location:
| Johnson City, TN
| How the site | was found: ASCD publication
| Comments:
| I just finished teaching a course for a local university called Classroom Discipline. I used some of your video tapes on rewards, competition, etc. When I started this course with juniors and seniors, their only thoughts were to develop cute ideas for "doing things to kids". By the end of the course, I had several thinking of a classroom with no rules posted - a true shared community for learning!
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Date:
| Wednesday, May 12, 1999 at 13:18:34
| Name:
| Dick Lipka
| E-mail:
| rplipka@pittstate.edu
| Organization:
| Pittsburg State University
| Location:
| Pittsburg, KS
| How the site | was found: ASCD Update
| Comments:
| Alfie: I would be more than happy to provide my time and talents to your effort to oppose the tougher standards movement. Dick
|
Date:
| Tuesday, May 11, 1999 at 11:21:40
| Name:
| Daniel T. Hickey
| E-mail:
| dhickey@gsu.edu
| Organization:
| Georgia State Universtiy
| Location:
| Atlanta, GA
| How the site | was found: ASCD Education Update
|
Date:
| Tuesday, May 11, 1999 at 10:41:56
| Name:
| Allen Flanigan
| E-mail:
| allen.flanigan@uspto.gov
| Organization:
| Patent & Trademark Office
| Location:
| Alexandria, VA
| How the site | was found: Fairtest ARN's standards discussion archive
| Comments:
| Greatly relieved to find your site.
Have been hoping to find a central clearinghouse of information
on Standards and Testing (and what to do about this threat
to education) for a long time.
|
Date:
| Tuesday, May 11, 1999 at 09:56:11
| Name:
| Maria Urquidi
| E-mail:
| maria@hvi.net
| Organization:
| Parent
| Location:
| New Paltz, NY
| How the site | was found: I heard you speak in New Paltz
| Comments:
| I enjoyed your talk but it left me filled with questions, the most pressing of which is: how do we show children (not just our own, but all children) that we, as a society, value learning? Things like the discount card for students with good grades may be extrinsic motivation (times 2!) but it also says to students that the business community values student achievement. I have enjoyed thinking of non-competitive alternatives for my own children but I need help with suggestions for the school community at large.
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Date:
| Tuesday, May 11, 1999 at 08:21:07
| Name:
| Sue Ellen Sampson
| E-mail:
| ssampson@pen.k12.va.us
| Organization:
| Northumberland Elementary School
| Location:
| Heathsville, VA
| How the site | was found: ASCD Education Update
| Comments:
| I have found myself in agreement with the comments I have read. I think Viginia is in the perdiciment of tough standards being implemented without through consideration of how to realistically raise student performance.
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Date:
| Sunday, May 9, 1999 at 19:26:34
| Name:
| Eugene Sommerfeld, PhD
| E-mail:
| egs@world.std.com
| Organization:
| Total Oil Co. / Bostik Div.
| Location:
| Danvers, MA
| How the site | was found: Pvt. Communication
| Comments:
| Keep up the good work !! You certainly are on target.
PS. The ACLU might get involved re the Danver's suspensions.
At the very least they will write a letter of concern to the local school administration as well as to the State DOE.
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Date:
| Saturday, May 8, 1999 at 01:08:05
| Name:
| Mark Acero
| E-mail:
| RAGUIA@worldnet.att.net
| Organization:
| Greenfield Union School District
| Location:
| Greenfield, CA
| How the site | was found: other teachers
| Comments:
| Just the information I was looking for. I have always been a fan of Maria Montesori and William Glasser who also have talked greatly about non-coercion of students. Kohn simply and perfectly conveys these ideas so that anyone can understand and learn to use them in their own classroom.
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Date:
| Friday, May 7, 1999 at 09:21:59
| Name:
| Paul Saginaw
| E-mail:
| mutad@aol.com
| Organization:
| Zingerman's Community of Businesses
| Location:
| Ann Arbor, MI
| How the site | was found: Referred to by other teachers
|
Date:
| Thursday, May 6, 1999 at 10:00:21
| Name:
| Peggy Smith
| E-mail:
| peggys@cesa12.k12.wi.us
| Organization:
| CESA #12
| Location:
| Ashland, WI
| How the site | was found: ASCD Education Update May 1999
|
Date:
| Wednesday, May 5, 1999 at 23:44:30
| Name:
| Sharon E. Crane
| E-mail:
| ProfSharE@email.msn.com
| Organization:
| O.H. Platt High School
| Location:
| Meriden, CT
| How the site | was found: ASCD Education Update May 1999
| Comments:
| As an educator for some 32 years, I have always been concerned about this standardized test monster. Here in CT we are currently slogging our way through state mandated CAPT [CT Academic Proficiency Test] tests which all 10th graders are required to take...a test which is deliberately set-up so that 60% of students will fail!?!? HELP !
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Date:
| Wednesday, May 5, 1999 at 22:15:05
| Name:
| Cindy Charest
| E-mail:
| charest@ibm.net
| Location:
| Westbrook, ME
| How the site | was found: Alfie Kohn told me about it
|
Date:
| Wednesday, May 5, 1999 at 10:40:13
| Name:
| Dale Leyden
| E-mail:
| dleyden@smithtown.k12.ny.us
| Organization:
| Smithtown High School
| Location:
| Smithtown, NY
| How the site | was found: Searched for it
| Comments:
| Alfie, | I've always agreed with most of your views on education, and am most interested in your current remarks about educational top-down standards. They are further alienating our kids as most teachers are retreating to a more teacher centered position. Many hard won reforms are being lost, and student voices are less likely to be heard in times when they most need an adult ear.
Date:
| Tuesday, May 4, 1999 at 12:44:57
| Name:
| Bob Miller
| E-mail:
| bmiller@forestcity.k12.ia.us
| Organization:
| Forest City High School
| Location:
| Forest City, IA
| How the site | was found: ASCD Update
| Comments:
| Alfie, | Looking forward to hearing you speak in Cedar Rapids this June. Read and loved your books. Right on with all this accountability stuff. Keep up the great work in making educators re-think on some issues. See you in June.
Date:
| Monday, May 3, 1999 at 23:57:45
| Name:
| Dick Sisley
| E-mail:
| richard.sisley@ait.ac.nz
| Organization:
| Auckland Institute of Technology
| Location:
| Auckland, New Zealand
| How the site | was found: A tip from a student
| Comments:
| Greetings Alfie! | Your book "Punished By Rewards" fired me up when I read it two years ago, to the point where I'm now hotly pursuing a Ph.D thesis on intrinsic motivation in the workplace, and feeling very inspired by the spin-offs for my teaching, and the related articles I'm likely to be publishing. I'm lucky enough to have Ann Boggiano as my research supervior! Many thanks for being an inspiration.
Regards,
Date:
| Monday, May 3, 1999 at 15:03:37
| Name:
| Gary A. Cochran
| E-mail:
| gcochran@mciu.org
| Organization:
| Montgomery County Intermediate Unit #23
| Location:
| Norristown, PA
| How the site | was found: Referred by ASCD
| Comments:
| Would like to hear Alfie speak when he is in the Phila area. Please inform of his speaking schedule in the middle eastern states.
|
Date:
| Monday, May 3, 1999 at 14:58:47
| Name:
| Brian Jones
| Organization:
| West Chicago Community High School
| Location:
| West Chicago, IL
| How the site | was found: Referred by a teacher, Mr. Arnold
| Comments:
| Very good site!
|
Date:
| Friday, April 30, 1999 at 10:08:51
| Name:
| Joe Emerson
| E-mail:
| mr_e2bgov@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| York County Education Association/Virginia EA/NEA
| Location:
| Yorktown, VA
| How the site | was found: Referred by a grad school professor
| Comments:
| I am concerned about the politics of public education, specifically the influence that the reactionary right is having in their push for "standards".
|
Date:
| Friday, April 30, 1999 at 10:07:12
| Name:
| Harris Riordan
| E-mail:
| revhr@aol.com
| Organization:
| Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton
| Location:
| Boca Raton, FL
|
Date:
| Wednesday, April 28, 1999 at 23:30:15
| Name:
| Paul Brandl
| E-mail:
| cbrandl@excel.net
| Location:
| Elkhart Lake, WI 53020
| Comments:
| Alfie, you need to offer your expertise about teaching children to care... NOW. I will be your agent.
|
Date:
| Monday, April 26, 1999 at 23:36:04
| Name:
| Katie Routh
| E-mail:
| rrouth7636@aol.com
| Organization:
| Norwalk MAC School
| Location:
| Norwalk, IA
| How the site | was found: 1999 AERA Conference
| Comments:
| Mr. Kohn, | I attended your session during the AERA Conference last week in Montreal and wanted you to know how much I appreciated your comments. You were definitely the highlight of the conference for me! I teach in a multiage, developmentally appropriate school where the students do have choice and a voice. We also had to fight those factions who would have liked for us to "just go away". They were so sure that our school would diminish their children's chances to stand out! We succeeded in winning this battle, but I know other schools have not been as fortunate. Thank you for the battle you are waging! It must seem like such an endless fight. I wanted you to know that you are appreciated and respected for your beliefs and efforts! Thank you!
Most sincerely,
Date:
| Monday, April 26, 1999 at 18:43:20
| Name:
| Jane Meade-Roberts
| E-mail:
| Sandbox202@aol.com
| Organization:
| Under Construction Educational Network
| Location:
| Salinas, CA
| How the site | was found: A friend who attended ASCD
| Comments:
| In light of the killing in Colorado I think that now, more then even before, we need to make the general public aware that more armed guards, dogs, police, and threats won't make schools safer of kids more responsible. | Kids need to feel part of a positive community. Using academic standards to make kids feel less than positive about themselves will only make the already awful problem of feeling alienated and seperate worse. (Check out; Voices from the Inside, Claremont Graduate School's document that addresses the needs of the school culture as identified by the kids and others inside.) CATENet, the list serve of the California Association of Teachers of English listserve referred to a quote from Regie Routman's book, Literacy at the Crossroads. In the piece she mentions a progressive school district that underwent a reactionary swing of "Back to Basics" and did away such things as Conflict Resolution and morning discussion circles. The district discussed was Littleton, CO. I am delighted to be a part of this newly orgainzing group. I think we have a lot of work to do. - Jane
Date:
| Sunday, April 25, 1999 at 23:06:16
| Name:
| Lori Vaas
| E-mail:
| Oboer1@aol.com
| Organization:
| Worthington Schools
| Location:
| Worthington, OH
| How the site | was found: A letter to the editor in our local paper
| Comments:
| I heard you speak at the Worthington Summer Institute, and wrote you a letter. You sent me your new book, which I am reading, and absorbing. Am interested in joining a coalition to oppose proficiency tests in Ohio.
|
Date:
| 04/21/99 18:07:44
| Name:
| Jean Archambault
| E-mail:
| jarchambault@sympatico.ca
| Organization:
| Commission scolaire de Montréal
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments:
| For some years, I have worked against competition, standards assessment, rewards and punishment in classrooms. As an educational psychologist, I have writen a few books and articles in French on these subjects. I found your ideas refreshing and inspiring. Many of them have been translated into French in my work.
|
Date:
| 04/21/99 14:57:22
| Name:
| Joe Wegwert
| E-mail:
| jcwegwert@st-charles.k12.il.us
| Organization:
| St. Charles High School, St. Charles, IL
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
|
Date:
| 04/20/99 21:40:07
| Name:
| Betty Sue Radcliff
| E-mail:
| bsradcliff@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| Chillicothe R-II Elementary Librarian
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments:
| I attended the Missouri Association of School Librarians recently to here Alfie Kohn speak. Wow! I wish he could speak to every teacher in our system about rewards.
|
Date:
| 04/20/99 17:06:24
| Name:
| Gene Opalinski
| E-mail:
| EugeneOpalinski@sd54.k12.il.us
| Organization:
| Schaumburg District 54
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments:
| Just returned from your presentation - Midwest Principal Center
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Date:
| 04/20/99 11:59:36
| Name:
| James S. Cantor
| E-mail:
| jim@galef.org
| Organization:
| Galef Institute
| Homepage URL:
| www.dwoknet.galef.org
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 04/19/99 22:17:44
| Name:
| Joy Ann Walsh
| E-mail:
| socerfam@sdcoe.k12.ca.us
| Organization:
| Lexington Elementary
| How the site | was found: Followed link from another page
| Comments:
| I'm doing a presentation in my Masters Class on Educational Standards. I found your article on the ASCD wed page for the March conference.
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Date:
| 04/19/99 14:46:04
| Name:
| Barbara Arnold
| E-mail:
| barnold@mail.joplin.k12.mo.us
| Organization:
| Joplin R-VIII School District
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments:
| Keep up the good work. Many educators agree with your appraisal of rewards and behaviorism. We are fighting an uphill battle with the entrenched forces of the conservative right. We need your ideas. - Barbara Arnold
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Date:
| 04/19/99 14:14:16
| Name:
| Beth Morton
| E-mail:
| bmorton@marin.k12.ca.us
| Organization:
| Education Task Force
| Homepage URL:
| http://marin.marin.k12.ca.us/~etfweb/
| How the site | was found: News Group
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Date:
| 04/18/99 20:05:18
| Name:
| Tay Cooper
| E-mail:
| BBSURF@aol.com
| Organization:
| Vista High School-Cal State, San Marcos
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments:
| The standardized test issue is already driving education in California. At Vista High teachers spend more time talking about standards and test scores than good teaching and learning even though they basically distrust SAT 9 type tests. Tay Cooper
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Date:
| 04/18/99 12:20:19
| E-mail:
| Ltlbird6@aol.com
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments:
| I am happy to find someone who agree's with me on the competition issue. I am currently home schooling my children due to this issue in the public school forum. I came across your sight after reading "New Standard's, New Test's" article published in Family Education today flyer.
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Date:
| 04/16/99 14:09:08
| Name:
| Yonit P. Yogev
| E-mail:
| yonityo@hotmail.com
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
|
Exciting and informative. Makes me want to pass this info along to all of my friends in education!
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Date:
| 04/14/99 13:51:51
| Name:
| charlie glassman
| E-mail:
| charlesg@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| Murphy JHS-3Village SD
| How the site | was found: Accidentally
| Comments:
| I hav3e long been a fan of Alfie's and reagard his work, "from Compliance to Community" as one of the most significant text's on educational leadership and parenting.
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Date:
| 04/14/99 13:03:33
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments
|
I entered your name in hopes of finding a list of your publications.Many thanks for creating this web page. I am a BIG fan of yours and use many of your publications in my teaching (especially BEYOND DISCIPLINE). Your writing is treasured by those of us in the field of early childhood teacher preparation - - and who value the human spirit.Thank you for being an advocate for all our children. Elise Jepson Green
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Date:
| 04/12/99 15:26:06
| Name:
| Cynthia Paris
| E-mail:
| parisc@rider.edu
| Organization:
| Foxfire and Rider University
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 04/12/99 14:54:05
| Name:
| Keith Fuller
| E-mail:
| kfclay@aol.com
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
|
I am just now getting involed in this and would like to help change the system to evaluate kids fairly and age appropriately . i have been in contact with Mrs O'Brienkeith Fuller
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Date:
| 04/11/99 01:56:26
| Name:
| Warner M. King, Jr.
| E-mail:
| wking42@aol.com
| Organization:
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Teaneck, NJ 07666
| How the site | was found: Found you in Yahoo
|
Date:
| 04/10/99 21:59:57
| Name:
| Tom King
| E-mail:
| tking@doane.edu
| Organization:
| Doane College
| Homepage URL:
| www.doane.edu
| How the site | was found: Found you in AltaVista
| Comments
|
Bravo Alfie. I use your writing's in my education classes at Doane!Keep it up and come back to Nebraska!Tom King
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Date:
| 04/09/99 18:51:55
| Name:
| Lynda Rath-Bechthold
| E-mail:
| lyndarb@home.com
| Organization:
| City of Calgary, Corporate Planning Applications Group (CPAG)
| How the site | was found: Followed link from another page
| Comments:
| I'm interested in staying current with new information authored by Alfie Kohn. Reading "Punished by Rewards" has had a significant influence on my thinking. I share your philosophy which has become my own with my corporate colleagues whenever the opportunity presents itself. An experience not unlike swimming upstream. I'm so pleased to have found this site (through Alta Vista).
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Date:
| 04/09/99 13:45:02
| Name:
| Howard Levin
| E-mail:
| hlevin@blarg.net
| Organization:
| Jewish Day School - Bellevue, WA
| Homepage URL:
| www.blarg.net/~hlevin/howlevin
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
|
Susan Ohanian pointed me here and I'm glad to see some state-by-state organizing effort to counter the standards movement. By the way - I am enjoying her new book - "One Size Fits Few" published by Heinemann. It's both hilarious and provocative.
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Date:
| 04/08/99 22:46:51
| Name:
| Steve Allerton
| E-mail:
| steveba@mesa.k12.co.us
| Organization:
| RockyMountain Elem.
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments:
| Keep on writing about this important issue. It is troublesome to see good teachers and good schools succumb to lesser methods of teaching because of the threats innate in the "raise the bar" mentality. Children are losing the desire to think and teachers are losing the ability to be empathetic!
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Date:
| 04/08/99 17:59:23
| Name:
| Arlene Clark
| E-mail:
| agclark@home.com
| Organization:
| University Student
| How the site | was found: Found you in Yahoo
| Comments:
| I have used your insights for research on a formal report assignment to try to address the question "Does this Business Administration Program encourage too much competitiveness amongst its students?" It is a very frightening atmosphere to be in - lack of trust and community. I hope they read my report. If anyone has any contributions to aid me in this endevour, please feel free to write to me.
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Date:
| 04/08/99 13:58:09
| Name:
| Rosey Schuman
| E-mail:
| schumanr@boystown.org
| Organization:
| Fr. Flanagan's Boys' Home
| Homepage URL:
| boystown
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
|
Teaching wider, not deeper is evident in our teacher preperation programs as well. It is no wonder we see the evidence of it in our schools, we plant the seed. 4MAT by Excel, Inc. has a wonderful instructional and curriculum design that treats this very issue.
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Date:
| 04/08/99 09:56:58
| Name:
| Amy Gaskins
| E-mail:
| agaskins@mail.wtamu.edu
| Organization:
| PACE-West Texas A&M University
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 04/06/99 22:38:17
| Name:
| Kathy Johnson
| E-mail:
| OQPFKathy@cs.com
| Organization:
| OQPF
| Homepage URL:
| www.OQPF.com
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 04/06/99 07:59:50
| Name:
| Ulf in Kista
| E-mail:
| ulfeandersson@hotmail.com
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| I am glad you are still going strong!Ulf
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Date:
| 04/05/99 18:28:02
| Name:
| Norm Kunc
| E-mail:
| normemma@island.net
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments
|
Hi AlfieGreat sitewill be back to look more when I have more timerFound a non working link though, at "state Co-ordinators" under "What can we do section.problem ink is http://www.alfiekohn.org/standards/strategies.htm See Ya! - Norm
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Date:
| 04/05/99 15:48:04
| Name:
| Lisa Risch
| E-mail:
| lisar@pepin.k12.wi.us
| Organization:
| Pepin Elementary
| How the site | was found: Found you in Yahoo
| Comments:
| I am intrigued by Beyond Discipline. I am interested in discussing this book with others. Thank you.
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Date:
| 04/04/99 21:02:30
| Name:
| Michael Sweeten
| E-mail:
| mswe813616@aol.com
| Organization:
| Pacific University (Oregon)
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 04/01/99 13:49:25
| Name:
| Diane Kippert
| E-mail:
| dkippert@wisconsingas.com
| Organization:
| Wisconsin Gas
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments
| I really enjoyed your sesssion at the innovation conference. Thanks for some important thoughts. If you did not remember the name of the college (I told you about) that has no grades, it is Alverno College. Based on the research you are doing, you really should check it out. Diane
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Date:
| 04/01/99 00:27:54
| Name:
| Elaine Olds
| E-mail:
| elaine@ixpres.com
| Organization:
| Shady Side Academy
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| Your books, PUNISHED BY REWARDS and BEYOND DISCIPLINE have had an almost magical effect on the atmosphere in my classroom. Teaching has been a joy for the past several years, and my kids are finding joy in learning as well.I'm attended your presentation on standards at the ASCD conference. One suggestion that day was to have some sample letters available to send to newspapers etc. That would be great.
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Date:
| 03/31/99 21:38:05
| Name:
| Fred Dahm
| E-mail:
| fmdahm@wctc.net
| Organization:
| Lincoln High School
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| Looking for materials on state standards!!
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Date:
| 03/31/99 18:18:15
| Name:
| Ann Medlock
| E-mail:
| medlock@giraffe.org
| Organization:
| giraffe project
| Homepage URL:
| http://www.giraffe.org
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| Someone? Nah, it was Alfie.
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Date:
| 03/30/99 14:03:32
| Name:
| Leslie Edelman
| E-mail:
| Ledelman@nasboces.org
| Organization:
| Bellmore Public Schools
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments
| I loved your presentation at ASCD in San Francisco. Am trying to contact you to speak here in our district on 9-1-99Please call oe email.Thank you.
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Date:
| 03/27/99 11:30:56
| Name:
| Corll Morrissey
| E-mail:
| cmorriss@tahoma.wednet.edu
| Organization:
| Tahoma School District
| How the site | was found: Found you in Yahoo
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Date:
| 03/26/99 14:52:41
| Name:
| Robert Lape
| E-mail:
| rlape@iac.net
| Organization:
| Architect
| How the site | was found: Followed link from another page
| Comments
| I read a few lines attributed to you in a curriculum news letter and it sounded good. I am on a local school board and I have a number of unresolved issues about testing and how we teach. I will look up your books and see if your ideas are the same as my thoughts. In brief, I believe in education, not vocational training. A person needs to learn to think and to be culturally literate. I look forward to exploring your writings.
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Date:
| 03/26/99 14:14:55
| Name:
| Jim Curtiss
| E-mail:
| jcurtiss@wscgate.wsc.edu
| Organization:
| Wayne State College
| Homepage URL:
| www.wsc.edu
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/26/99 14:08:21
| Name:
| Kathy Erskine
| E-mail:
| KErsk@aol.com
| How the site | was found: News Group
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Date:
| 03/26/99 01:38:37
| Name:
| Stephen Middlebrook
| E-mail:
| stmiddlebrook@sisf.minoh.osaka.jp
| Organization:
| Osaka International School, Japan afifliate of ASCD (President)
| Homepage URL:
| http://www.sisf.minoh.osaka.jp
| How the site | was found: Followed link from another page
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Date:
| 03/25/99 15:53:23
| Name:
| Lindy Duval
| E-mail:
| duval@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
| Organization:
| University of Maine at Presque Isle
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments
| Just read about this site in the 3/25/99 ASCD on-line bulletin. I've seen (heard) Mr. Kohn speak, have read a number of his books, and having had serious concerns for a long time about the implementation of standards (and the "motivation" behind it), I applaud Mr. Kohn's initiative. I am looking forward to keeping current through this webpage and having evidence to support what I have been saying and will continue to say (to anyone who will listen).
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Date:
| 03/25/99 13:31:55
| Name:
| Mick Murphy
| Organization:
| Rounds Green Primary School
| Comments
| English Head teacher. Read Punished by Rewards and am trying to run a school with the book in mind.
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Date:
| 03/24/99 09:24:18
| Name:
| Jeanette Riccobono
| E-mail:
| riccobono@mamkschools.org
| Organization:
| Mamaroneck Public Schools
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/23/99 18:34:09
| Name:
| Annette Santana
| E-mail:
| Imaret2@aol.com
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| I am a teacher in Georgia (have taught in Texas) and my Mother-in-law is a teacher in Florida. She and her principal recommended I visit your sight to learn about your opinion of testing. I am looking forward to reading your information.
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Date:
| 03/22/99 23:15:35
| Name:
| Al Brown
| E-mail:
| abrown@citizens-tel.net
| Organization:
| School District of Chetek (Wisconsin)
| Comments
| I listened to your lecture at the ASCD Convention in San Fran. I was also looking for the list of contacts for the assessment of higher standards.
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Date:
| 03/22/99 13:25:59
| Name:
| Richard Rosenberg
| E-mail:
| Richard.Rosenberg@wuhsd.k12.ca.us
| Organization:
| Whittier Union High School
| Homepage URL:
| WUHSD.k12.ca.us
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| As a result of the ASCD conference and the major issues we are going through regarding SAT 9. Statewide testing and the ocncern that many of us have regarding graduation being tied to testing.....I heard you present in ILL last year and you were great...I have worked with District 54.What ever information you can keep us informed with would be great..Ricahrd Rosenberg562-698-8121*1241
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Date:
| 03/20/99 23:49:50
| Name:
| Michael Soguero
| E-mail:
| tiomikel@aol.com
| Organization:
| School for the Physical City, NYC, NY
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/19/99 18:40:18
| Name:
| Kathleen & James Strickland
| E-mail:
| kjstric@ibm.net
| Organization:
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| We've quoted you extensively in our last two books on assessment (published by Heinemann). We appreciate your work and share your concern about what the politics of standards and standardized testing is doing to children across this country.
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Date:
| 03/18/99 22:55:57
| Name:
| Kimberly Kandel Wiley
| E-mail:
| wileykk@muohio.edu
| Organization:
| I am a grad student: Miami of Ohio
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/17/99 19:04:43
| Name:
| Dee Goldberg
| E-mail:
| goldberd@spring-branch.isd.tenet.edu
| Organization:
| Spring Branch ISD
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments
| I want to find out if you have any comments on or information about the TIMSS test. We recently heard Dr. William Schmitt talk about it and I wonder if this testhas flaws etc. and where I could read about them. I know that Bracey write something about it but I wonder if you haveany comments I could read? Thanks for all you do for us! - Dee
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Date:
| 03/17/99 12:14:50
| Name:
| leslie alexander
| E-mail:
| leslie_alexander@qc.edu
| Organization:
| queens college elementary school
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/17/99 11:34:08
| Name:
| Paul Cesmat
| E-mail:
| cespar@hotmail.com
| How the site | was found: Found you in AltaVista
| Comments
| Very much appreciate and agree with your comments on character education. As a 47 year old elementary education major, I find it refreshing to see someone address the real issues, rather than taking the Lickona approach (megabusiness)
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Date:
| 03/16/99 20:27:59
| Name:
| Karen Higgins
| E-mail:
| karen.higgins@dol.net
| Organization:
| Seaford School District
| How the site | was found: Found you in Yahoo
| Comments
| I subscribe to many of the same thoeries put forth by Mr. Kohn, and would like to see my co-workers read his work.
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Date:
| 03/16/99 18:18:56
| Name:
| Gretchen S. Hansen
| E-mail:
| GretchHan@aol.com
| How the site | was found: Followed link from another page
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Date:
| 03/16/99 12:56:48
| Name:
| William V. Brook
| E-mail:
| erprex@aol.com
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/16/99 12:56:17
| Name:
| Laura Conway
| E-mail:
| LConway@heart.org
| Organization:
| American Heart Association
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| I am listening to you on WOSU (820 AM, Columbus Ohio). What an exciting show!!!!
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Date:
| 03/16/99 11:37:53
| Name:
| Jorge Nelson
| E-mail:
| nelson_jorge@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| Anzoategui International School
| Homepage URL:
| www.anaco.net
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/15/99 17:30:14
| Name:
| Dottie Brown
| E-mail:
| dbrown@hcsd.sccoast.net
| Organization:
| Horry County Schools
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| I learned about this site during a discussion on the SKA listserv about PUNISHED BY REWARDS.
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Date:
| 03/15/99 17:14:43
| Name:
| jody riibe
| E-mail:
| jriibe@esu3.org
| Organization:
| educational service unit #3
| Homepage URL:
| www.esu3.esu3.k12.ne.us
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| Hi Alfie! No comment yet as I'm just on... here to check out the action on standards. Sounds like you WOW-ED them in San Francisco. I saw your new book for parents in our little bookstore in Fremont, NE. Now, I guess you've really made it to the big time. Keep on keeping on...
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Date:
| 03/15/99 16:27:18
| Name:
| Pinelle S. Spain
| E-mail:
| pspain@hal.calc.k12.la.us
| Organization:
| Calcasieu Parish Schools
| Homepage URL:
| http://204.80.173.250/
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/15/99 16:17:49
| Name:
| Judy Vail
| E-mail:
| jkvail@linknet.net
| Organization:
| Calcasieu Parish Schools
| Homepage URL:
| http://hal.calc.k12.la.us
| How the site | was found: News Group
| Comments
| The politics in education is frightening. The math community that wants to change instruction to match research has taken a heavy blow, particularly in California. They call it "fuzzy" math. Some of us call traditional math "parrot" math. The canyon is deep.
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Date:
| 03/15/99 15:06:22
| Name:
| Karen Dorgan
| E-mail:
| kdorgan@cit.mbc.edu
| Organization:
| Mary Baldwin College
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| I would encourage all who are interested in uniting against high-stakes testing to join Virginia Association for Supervisionand Curriculum Development (VASCD)'s "Community in theClassroom" Network. Contact Chuck Glover at citcnet@aol.comto join the network or to get a copy of their newsletter!
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Date:
| 03/15/99 14:55:38
| Name:
| Chuck Glover
| E-mail:
| citcnet@aol.com
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| Thanks for this resource. Up-to-the-minute information will assist us all in changing attitudes through education.
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Date:
| 03/15/99 10:22:06
| Name:
| Amalia Campanile Reams
| E-mail:
| reamsa@mail.davenport.k12.ia.us
| Organization:
| Davenport Community School District
| Homepage URL:
| www.davenport.k12.ia.us/edu
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| Thank you for additional opportunities to read your articles.
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Date:
| 03/15/99 05:06:00
| Name:
| VerlieAnn Malina-Wright
| E-mail:
| vmalinawri@aol.com
| Organization:
| Kailua High School
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/14/99 12:47:49
| Name:
| Harlan Rimmerman
| E-mail:
| s2r2@swbell.net
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| Hi Alfie,Saw your page listed on a listserv and thought I would check it out. Nice job. Are you getting many hits? Let me know the next time you are in K.C.Harlan Rimmerman
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Date:
| 03/13/99 21:42:02
| Name:
| Martha Kaufeldt
| E-mail:
| MarthaK@got.net
| Organization:
| Learning Consultant-Author
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| Alfie- You are quoted and referenced in my new book coming out with Zephyr Press in May: Begin With the Brain: Orchestrating the Learner-Centered Classroom.Thanks for all of your inspiration! Finally met you in person at the book-signing at ASCD and attended your passionate session about standards (i.e."the venue from hell")Thank you for your efforts. I am contacting my Calif. rep.Martha Kaufeldt, Learning ConsultantSanta Cruz, CA (831) 462-9567
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Date:
| 03/13/99 00:08:43
| Name:
| Kathleen Kahn
| E-mail:
| kkahn@chusd.k12.ca.us
| Organization:
| Coalinga-Huron Unified School District
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments
| I heard you speak in San Francisco at the ASCD Conference but was unable to get the address of the California contact for working against "tough standards." Could you please make that happen? I found your speach to be inspiring. I am especially interested in eliminating standardized testing below fourth grade. I think that might be doable in my district and our state.
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Date:
| 03/12/99 21:08:57
| Name:
| Cathey Kazanjy
| E-mail:
| ckaz187@aol.com
| Organization:
| Santa Ana Unified School District
| How the site | was found: News Group
| Comments
| I saw your presentation at ASCD. It was great!
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Date:
| 03/11/99 22:44:16
| Name:
| Gabie Gedlaman
| E-mail:
| ggedlaman@earthlink.com
| Organization:
| Machan School
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/11/99 22:26:09
| Name:
| Bill Carozza
| E-mail:
| bcarozza@banet.net
| Organization:
| Nottingham School
| Homepage URL:
| http://nottingham.k12.nh.us
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments
| I found out about this site through Alfie's presentation at the ASCD Conference in SF. Was very inspired! I'm the Principal of this school, a k-8 building.
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Date:
| 03/11/99 22:19:56
| Name:
| Ruth Silverberg
| E-mail:
| colandcom@erols.com
| Organization:
| Hofstra University; Port Washington Schools
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| I am interested in organizing against high stakes testing. I am very concerned about the effect of this climate on children and families.
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Date:
| 03/11/99 15:07:05
| Name:
| Nancy Spejcher
| E-mail:
| NJS07@aol.com
| Organization:
| Project CHOICES/SkyLight Training
| Homepage URL:
| http://www.projectchoices.org
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/10/99 18:18:00
| Name:
| Georgia Squires
| E-mail:
| georgias@pet.k12.ca.us
| Organization:
| Petaluma School District
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
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Date:
| 03/09/99 21:12:23
| Name:
| Ward Downs
| E-mail:
| wdowna@cwws.net
| Organization:
| Stockton Unified
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
|
Date:
| 03/09/99 20:50:33
| Name:
| Jeffrey Golub
| E-mail:
| golub54@aol.com
| Organization:
| U. of South Florida, Tampa
| How the site | was found: No answer
| Comments
| Isn't it strange that legislators and administratorskeep "raising the bar" on Standards, but no one seemsinterested in -- or concerned about -- helping studentslearn how to "jump over" that bar. And practically no one -- except for Alfie Kohn -- questions whetherthe bar is worth jumping over in the first place.--Jeff Golub
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Date:
| 03/09/99 19:48:02
| Name:
| Nicholas Meier
| E-mail:
| nmeier@campbellusd.k12.ca.us
| How the site | was found: Someone told me about it
| Comments
| I agree that this "Standardization" issue is key these days.It may be the number one issue right now. This is going to be used to try and take donw public education.I have been speading your "Tougher Standards" piece around.I hope we find a way to organize, as the organizations that should be fighting this have seem to given in already (e.g. the NEA, the CTA, the AFT...)
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