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We have so much to cover and so little time to cover it. Howard Gardner refers to curriculum coverage as the single greatest enemy of understanding. Think instead about ideas to be discovered.

Alfie Kohn

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Alfie Kohn
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 15
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