{"product_id":"stupidity-and-tears-9781565849822","title":"Stupidity and Tears","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStupidity and Tears\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned educator and \u003ci\u003eNational Book Award\u003c\/i\u003e winner Herbert Kohl offers us a thoughtful and ultimately optimistic meditation on the forces that conspire to keep teachers and students \"stupid\"—i.e., frustrated and unable to excel in an education system that is clearly failing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the topics explored by Kohl are the pressures of standards based assessments and harrowing sink-or-swim policies, the pain teachers feel when asked to teach against their pedagogical conscience, the development of a capacity to sense how students perceive the world, and the importance of hope and creativity in strengthening the social imagination of students and teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rousing call for common sense in the face of dwindling budgets, crippling state mandates, and injudicious politics, \u003ci\u003eStupidity and Tears\u003c\/i\u003e is \"vintage Kohl—incisive, funny, reflective, profound . . . a provocation to educators to better teach all our children\" (Norman Fruchter, NYU Institute of Education and Social Policy).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Herbert R. Kohl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48283883733243,"sku":"9781565849822","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_0be25b85-05c8-4600-80cb-65e38148b92c.jpg?v=1771381863","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/stupidity-and-tears-9781565849822","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}