Introduction: grapling with goals
1. The purposes of schooling: what does it mean to be well-educated?
Turning learning into a business
The costs of overemphasizing achievement
2. Standards and testing: confusing harder with better
Beware of the standards, not just the tests
Standardized testing and its victims
Sacrificing learning for higher scores
Two cheers for an end to the SAT
3. Grading and evaluating: from degrading to de-grading
The dangerous myth of grade inflation
Five reasons to stop saying 'good job!'
4. Moral, social, and psychological questions: constant frustration and occasional violence: the legacy of American high schools
A fresh look at Abraham Maslow
5. School reform and the study of education
Almost there, but not quite
Education's rotten apples
