Arthur E. Lean's irreverent and con?troversial essays represent the distillation of many ideas about education?ideas developed during most of a lifetime spent in and about schools. In the second edition of this popular work, to which he has added eight new essays, he presents his latest observations on current ele?ments and programs in education?such as the grading system, academic rank, the teaching process, assessment of edu?cational progress?concluding...