A partnership for teachers, children and education Home Curricular Support Resources Bookshelf Forums E-courses Contacts Readings   * Issues in Education   * Thought & Practice   * Teaching - Learning   * Thinkers on Education   * Science & Math Public Documents   * Curricular Documents   * Commissions   * Policies & Acts   * Approach papers   * Reports   * Reviews Journals   * Online Journals       Readings in Issues in Education Click on the title to access the reading The Risks of Rewards Alfie Kohn, Abusing Research -- The Study of Homework and Other Examples Alfie Kohn, The Truth About Homework -- Needless Assignments Persist Because of Widespread Misconceptions About Learning Alfie Kohn, Vulnerability in Education Jules Henry, The Animal School: A Parable Contributed by Arvind Gupta, The Parrot’s Training Rabindranath Tagore, Extracts from Lord Macaulay’s Minute on Education 1835 Excerpted from: M. Edwards. 1967. British India 1772-1947. New Delhi: Rupa Press., Listening to Gandhi Krishna Kumar, Excerpted from Seminar #436, December, 1995 The Female Puppy - A story highlighting gender concerns Georgina Peters, in The Hindu, Young World, Saturday, May 13, 2000 Challenge of Making Education in India Relevant to an Information Society A. N. Maheshwari, You're a Girl: Why Must You Read? Sandhya Rao, in The Hindu, Sunday, May 21, 2000 A Father's Prayer Douglas McArthur, American General, 2000 Lincoln's Letter to the Headmaster Abraham Lincoln, 1999 Extracts from "The Strained Silence of Fear" G. Gautama, in The Hindu Magazine, Sunday, August 3, 2003 Extracts from "A Treatise On Parents And Children" Bernard Shaw, Parent Engagement as a School Reform Strategy Giles, Hollyce C., 1998 Critiquing a Curriculum Framework Rohit Dhankar, 1999 Primary Education in India Summary of "Primary Education in India - A World Bank/Allied Publication", 1997