Diana Senechal

When I sat down to evaluate this book here, I meant to make a couple of bland assertions along the lines that the book is occasionally pedantic (it is, but so what?) or that the argument occasionally becomes diffuse (it does, although with this topic, that seems almost inevitable), but the fact is, this is one of those rare books in that it is genuinely profound. That said, I'd like to single out chapter eight, "Mass Personalization and the 'Underground Man'" for special praise, and recommend it most highly for those concerned with current trends in education "reform."… (meer)