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Bauer makes a passionate case for why the K-12 system desperately needs to be rethought . . . comforting and instructive. -- Publisher's Weekly

""A detailed look at how modern schooling can be a mismatch for students’ needs … very straightforward and informative."" -- Library Journal ""A welcome operator's manual for parents of school-age children, inside or outside the K-12 paradigm."" -- Kirkus ""Bauer makes a passionate case for why the K-12 system desperately needs to be rethought . . . comforting and instructive."" -- Publisher's Weekly

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Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the Writing With Ease, Writing With Skill, and Story of the World series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series, all from W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary.

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