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"Ben Chavis, the most politically incorrect person on the planet, is also, not coincidentally, one of the people most correct about inner-city education. Read this book by a man who gets results as a practitioner of the 'no excuses' approach to schooling."
- George F. Will, The Washington Post columnist

"…[T]here is much to be learned from this account. It is possible to restore public education to its mission of educating the nation's citizens. There is a message of hope and possibility in 'Crazy Like a Fox' that we should embrace."
- Mitchell Kapor, The San Francisco Chronicle

"Chavis [is] undeniably one of the country's finest educators…Thrust this book into the hands of all the parents you know and implore them to read it…Chavis is passionate, articulate, and entertaining. He's also right."
- Mark Hemingway, National Review

"American Indian [is] a rarity in American education, defying the axiom that poor black and Latino children will lag behind others in school."
- Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times

"To get the kind of results Chavis does in Oakland is a work of stripped-down genius. Ben's book reads like Ben talks: forthright, funny, irreverent, and wise. For anyone who cares about American education, for anyone who cares about America, Crazy Like a Fox is an essential read."
- Jack Cashill, author What's the Matter with California?

Tag: Reward Less

Competition in the Classroom

I recently read a piece from the fall 2009 edition of Education Next called “Reward Less, Get Less: Student performance gaps are easily explained.” The article came to my attention because it mentions Dr. Chavis in light of the documentary film he was in called Flunked.
Flunked looks at what’s dragging down American public schools but [...]

Posted: January 19th, 2010 under International comparison, Public School Reform.
Tags: American students, article, Asian students, competition in the classroom, Dr. Ben Chavis, Education Next, Flunked, Get Less, global competition, Joe Mantegna, Mark Bauerlein, Reward Less, Two Million Minutes
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