{"product_id":"9781480845121","title":"It's Like Riding a Bike: How to Make Learning Last a Lifetime","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the enactment of No Child Left Behind and the more recent Every Child Succeeds Act, you would think student achievement would be on the rise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut SAT scores are dipping, college and career readiness are at all-time lows, and parents are wondering what’s gone wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid M. Schmittou, Ed.D., a career educator, seeks to find out why by asking a simple question: Why do we have such a difficult time remembering what we learned in school and yet we never forget how to ride a bike—something we learned when we were five or six?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiding a bicycle requires fine motor controls, concentration, dexterity, and balance, but children can master the skill even before they enter school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents can learn academic subjects in the same fashion, but it will require us to take a radical new approach to education—one that requires learners to enter real-world settings instead of classrooms separated from reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe can no longer afford to spend millions of dollars without seeing results. It’s time to bolster education for all by mastering the ideas and principles in It’s Like Riding a Bike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archway Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037948854512,"sku":"9781480845121","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480845121_p0.jpg?v=1763621056","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480845121","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}