{"id":4609,"date":"2011-10-19T11:06:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T18:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymindonbooks.com\/?p=4609"},"modified":"2011-10-19T11:06:31","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T18:06:31","slug":"new-book-teaching-minds-how-cognitive-science-can-save-our-schools-by-roger-schank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymindonbooks.com\/?p=4609","title":{"rendered":"new book &#8211; &#8216;Teaching Minds: How Cognitive Science Can Save Our Schools&#8217; by Roger Schank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0807752665\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mymindonbooks-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0807752665\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mymindonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/teaching.jpg\" alt=\"Teaching Minds\" title=\"teaching\" width=\"124\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4610\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0807752665\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mymindonbooks-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0807752665\">Teaching Minds: How Cognitive Science Can Save Our Schools<\/a> by Roger Schank (Teachers College Press, 2011)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0807752665\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mymionbo-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=0807752665\">(amazon.co.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Product description from the publisher:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From grade school to graduate school, from the poorest public institutions to the most affluent private ones, our educational system is failing students. 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