Schools Matter: Alfie Kohn speaks out against academic jibberish

Schools Matter: Alfie Kohn speaks out against academic jibberish

Alfie Kohn speaks out against academic jibberish

by skrashen

"… there are ways that researchers can maximize their impact on public policy. First, they can make more of an effort to publicize their findings and those of their colleagues … To communicate those findings, of course, requires that we speak and write in a language that is widely understood. Some scholars have slipped so far into the stylized talk – excuse me, discourse – of academia that important ideas are rendered