I love Ken Robinson but this was rehashed material rather than his characteristically original and groundbreaking thoughts.

Definitely geared toward the new parent investigating schools for their American child. Utilizing mid 2000 research Sir Ken discusses issues with American public schools. Strange to hear him expand on us instead of his home land England. I appreciated his TED talks so thought I would learn something new. Not new info here.

I think it’s great for educator or parents. I skimmed over to the things I found important if I recommend to parents. It’s just sad how 100% accurate they describe my boss and the people making the curriculum

I'm not the target audience for this book, not being a parent, but I found the premise of the book intriguing. Not much new here, if you've read anything else written by him.

3.5 stars. Don't know how I found this one.

Notes:

The term teenagers weren't invented until the 1950s. That one really stuck. What terms will stick in the future?

They studied millions of twins and found out that genes contribute to 49% of who we become and our environment contributes to 51% so instead of debating nature versus nurture we should be discussing the relationship between the two. Idiots.

Spirituality is simply finding meaning, purpose, and compassion in life.

Capacity is what a child is born with ability is what they can develop and become.

Children enjoy learning but they don't always enjoy being educated. Mmmmm that's deep.

Took a lot of pages to get past the ted talk and all that has been said before but has some points of interest when you do.

An excellent resource for homeschoolers in regards to multiple kinds of intelligence and the kind of skills that will be useful for adults in the 21st century.

Another excellent book from Sir Ken Robinson (who sadly died the same day I read this book). It would be useful read for any parent with a school-going child either to validate their school choice or to spark questions they might pose to themselves or the educators currently in their children's lives. Well worth a read (as is anything that Sir Ken has written)

So this book wasn’t exactly what I was hoping for. But perhaps (probably) my hopes were too high. I did not turn the final page with a clear answer on where to send my kiddo to kindergarten - or really even ideas on how to get an answer.
It was interesting. My background is in education, so not much new to me information. But good reminders nonetheless.
I did skim the last 50+ pages in an effort to finish before it needed to go back to the library.
Probably a 2.5 for me.

Definitely geared toward the new parent investigating schools for their American child. Utilizing mid 2000 research Sir Ken discusses issues with American public schools. Strange to hear him expand on us instead of his home land England. I appreciated his TED talks so thought I would learn something new. Not new info here.