Beyond Measure: Rescuing an Overscheduled, Overtested, Underestimated Generation Audiobook (Free)

Today in paperback, the New York Instances bestseller from Race to Nowhere movie director Vicki Abeles about how exactly our schools can revolutionize learning, prioritize children’s health, and re-envision achievement for life.

Race to Nowhere, Vicki Abeles’s groundbreaking documentary about our educational program, tapped right into a wide-spread problem inside our nation’s institutions: From senior high school to kindergarten, an entire generation of American students has been pressured to execute in ways that make them less about Beyond Measure: Rescuing an Overscheduled, Overtested, Underestimated Era intellectually flexible, creative, and attentive to a changing world. Vicki brought home how, as college students race against each other to have constantly higher grades, better test scores, and even more AP programs than their classmates, they may be damaging their very own mental and physical wellness.

Now in the brand new York Moments bestseller Beyond Measure, Vicki continues this all-important conversation, seeking out achievement tales to inspire and instruct those who are eager to create transformation. We see examples of teachers who have cut the workload in half and seen scores rise; parents who’ve used the pressure from their kids and then find their inspiration and capabilities rise on their own; schools which have instituted later start times so the kids are getting the sleep they want able to learn more efficiently.

Many people are aware that the educational program is broken, and Beyond Measure reveals a personal, unique, on-the-ground perspective. From limiting the amount of AP classes a college will consider to removing the competitive need to “do more than the next child” and moving emphasis in the admissions procedure to essay options over test ratings. “With both center and smarts, Vicki Abeles showcases the courageous areas that are rejecting the child years corporate jungle and reclaiming health insurance and learning (Maria Shriver).” The result will help learners succeed, not only on the competition to college-but for life.