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Beyond measure, rescuing an overscheduled, overtested, underestimated generation, Vicki Abeles, with Grace Rubenstein

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Beyond measure

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Vicki Abeles, with Grace Rubenstein

rescuing an overscheduled, overtested, underestimated generation

From kindergarteners to high-schoolers, millions of American students are being pressured to perform in ways that make them less intellectually flexible, creative, and responsive to today's world. In the documentary Race to Nowhere, Vicki Abeles identified a widespread problem in our nation's schools: as students race against each other to have constantly higher grades, better test scores, and more AP courses than their classmates, they are irreparably damaging their mental and physical health. Now Abeles taps into this same grassroots community across the nation to find the solutions in Beyond Measure. Pulling from powerful anecdotes and convincing new research, Abeles presents success stories and shows how anyone -- students, parents, and educators -- can effect change. Teachers who cut students' workload see scores rise; kids discover their own motivation once parents relieve the pressure to perform; schools that institute later start times have well-rested students who are able to learn more efficiently; and schools that emphasize depth over test prep find students more attentive, inventive, and ready to thrive

Prologue: Out of nowhere -- Sicker, not smarter -- It's about time -- Homework: Take back our nights -- Testing: Learning beyond the bubble -- College admissions: Break free from the frenzy -- Teaching and learning: This way up -- First, be well -- Action: How you can replace the race to nowhere -- Epilogue