Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, and What We Can Do about It

by Joshua R. Eyler

An indictment of the grading system in American schools and colleges--and a blueprint for how we can change it.

One of the most urgent and long-standing issues in the US education system is its obsession with grades. In Failing Our Future, Joshua R. Eyler shines a spotlight on how grades inhibit learning, cause problems between parents and children, amplify inequities, and contribute to the youth mental health crisis.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421449935
• ISBN13: 9781421449937
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"