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Book SynopsisChildren enter the world curiously hard-wired for creativity and imagination. After a few short years of school, something drastically changes for them. Why? There is an unmistakable and deliberate attempt to control the learning of young people who find themselves sitting in our schools. The industrial model of schooling has taken its toll and victims without remorse. It programs curious young minds to become helpless, dependent, and compliant. It is manipulation and malpractice, but few seem to notice or care. After years of observing and participating in some of these questionable practices herself, Evonne decided it was time to tell the truth about schools. With a credible and strong voice, Evonne tackles the sacred school rituals that are rarely questioned and widely accepted as normal. She transparently leads the reader through firmly-held and often faulty assumptions about schooling practices. She offers common sense solutions that challenge us to re-imagine how we do school i
Trade ReviewEvonne Espey Rogers has penned a thoughtful, very personal, and highly readable book that provides a broad critique of American schooling and an energetic call for change. She calls out the bureaucracy and stale hierarchies that stifle learning today and advocates a new paradigm that emphasizes choices, options, individualization, and grassroots participation. Rogers has delivered a timely and provocative volume. -- Frederick Hess, author of Letters to a Young Education Reformer; director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute
This book is unlike many other critiques of the education system because it dares to go into detail about the day to day experiences that children have in school. It is clearly a critique from someone who has been an insider and who knows why and how things must change. -- Jerry Mintz, director, Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO)
Evonne Rogers is a major league player in the field of education. From teacher to leadership administrative positions in major school districts, she has served all with great distinction and applause. When she states, “Schooling is what is done to us – becoming educated is something we do ourselves,” should tip off the reader that they have just begun reading a gold mine clarifying the educational process. -- Les Nuckolls, author, Fulbright Scholar, retired school principal and former superintendent, U.S. Peace Corps Teacher Training Centers Worldwide
As one who has also worked in the educational field all of my life, I found myself wholeheartedly agreeing out loud while reading this book. Learning Unleashed rings importantly true on many levels. -- Charles Jones, retired school district superintendent
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter One: “Home” School Chapter Two: The Kindergarten Experiment Chapter Three: Eight Years of This? Chapter Four: Neighborhoods – A Lost Oasis Chapter Five: School DAZE Chapter Six: Schools of Education Chapter Seven: Leadership Lessons Chapter Eight: Exposing the Truth Chapter Nine: Voices from the Field Chapter Ten: Out of the Box Chapter Eleven: Ten “UN” commandments (Part 1) Chapter Twelve: Ten “UN” commandments (Part 2) Chapter Thirteen: The Recovery Process Conclusion: Finding Our Moral Compass Bibliography About the Author Index
