Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the te…

Alfie Kohn
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Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns. ✨ Alfie Kohn (2006). Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason, p.20, Simon and Schuster
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Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns. ✨ Alfie Kohn (2006). Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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