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Outspoken critic on grades, tests and rewards to speak at USF Sarasota/Manatee
Admission is free at Sudakoff Center

(Sarasota, FL, October 17, 2002) -- On Friday, November 1, at 7:00 p.m., former teacher Alfie Kohn, an outspoken critic of the focus on grades and test scores, rewards and punishments will speak at the USF/New College Sudakoff Center.  Admission is free.

Kohn heralds the importance of working with children to foster their intrinsic motivation to learn.  He also tackles the tough topics -- standards, accountability, and high-stakes testing.

Described by Time Magazine as "perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades and test scores," Alfie Kohn has written eight books on education and human behavior.  He has written for most of the leading education periodicals, including five cover articles for Phi Delta Kappa.

Several local organizations are sponsoring the Kohn talk:  Children First; Family Partnership Center; Forty Carrots Family Center; Gold Seal Project of Sarasota; Project Child Care; Time-Warner Cable; and, University of South Florida.

Contact the Manatee County Head Start office at 941-748-0137 to make reservations.  Seating is limited so call now.

For more information about Kohn, see his web site, www.AlfieKohn.org.

The University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee Campus offers 25 degree programs for students to complete at the undergraduate and graduate levels.  Currently serving 2,500 students annually, the campus is located at the Sarasota/Manatee County line on 140 acres at University Parkway and U.S. 41, touching the shoreline of Sarasota Bay and adjacent to the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art and Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport.  It is part of the University of South Florida, the second largest university in Florida with more than 39,000 students, a Research I institution, and one of the top 20 largest universities in the United States.

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Media contact:  Ellen Wile (941) 359-4749; e-mail ewile@sar.usf.edu