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Schools Without Failure

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I read this book only a few years after it was published while I was in college. I almost couldn't believe how logical and straight forward this basic idea was, and how few of its practices our national school system follows. Dr. William Glasser wrote a classic that will never be read or truly understood by most educators in our dumbed down, American education system. When I read the book, I cheered loudly, then realized that it was almost a lost cause. My wife attended several gradeless colleges that used this method of education, but when she tried to get a job, every major employer would not accept the type of student reports those schools had issued to her. Each job she applied for required only "grades" with numbers or letters from the familiar 4.o system. She was required to get her reports analyzed by a "legitimate" school system and translated into grades or numbers and only one university in the entire state offered to do so. My wife is a brilliant woman whose education shows through very clearly. Her non-traditional colleges were obviously educating students rather than attempting to place everything into a convenient category or number system. None of those wonderful gradeless colleges are operating anymore. I strongly wish that this book would become required reading for all educators in this country.

This book should be read by every School Board Member, Superintendent, Administrator and teacher. Gives excellent suggestions for providing our children with the quality education they need. Encourages educators to more action and less lip service.

This book still provides many useful insights into education and social problems, even though it is originally published 30 years.