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"Takes lessons from brain science, mindfulness, and positive psychology to help teachers understand the full range of their students' school experiences"--Back cover.

Examines research in the education field, revealing the latest developments that are revolutionizing education in the United States and changing the ways students learn in the classroom.

Discusses the need for educational reform, focusing on the content of an education and how it should be presented, mastered, put to use, and passed along; and uses the three examples of the theory of evolution, the music of Mozart, and the Holocaust to explore the author's call for an educational system that pursues truth, beauty, and morality.