Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good about Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add -- Charles J. Sykes, Paperback William the Conqueror The 117-Story Treehouse

The 117-Story Treehouse

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Cookie Monster

and Endling: The Last by Katherine Applegate

And with a craft included in each book

Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good about Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add -- Charles J. Sykes, Paperback William the Conqueror The 117-Story TreehouseDumbing Down Our Kids is a searing indictment of America's secondary schools one that every parent and teacher should read. Dumbing Down Our Kids offers a full scale investigation of the new educational fad, sometimes called Outcome Based Education the latest in a long series of reforms that has eroded our schools. Why our kids rank to, or at the bottom of international tests in math and science Why self esteem has supplanted grades and genuine