Free Schools, Free People: Education and Democracy After the 1960s
by Miller, RonFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-08-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary
This first historical account of the free school movement of the 1960s documents the formation of hundreds of small, independent schools across the United States that marked a turning point in American education. The book revisits and interprets the radical democratic educational vision behind those schools through the works of some of the authors of that time such as John Holt, A. S. Neill, Paul Goodman, and George Dennison. These authors -- and the thousands of educators, parents, and young people who took part in the free school movement -- passionately advocated for students' intellectual and psychological freedom, and for their autonomy and individuality in a society they saw as increasingly standardized and corporately managed.
Author Biography
Ron Miller is President of the Foundation for Educational Renewal.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| About the Author | p. xiii |
| Cultural Context of the Free School Movement | p. 1 |
| Free School Ideology | p. 39 |
| The Legacy of John Holt | p. 79 |
| The Rapid Rise and Fall of the Free School Movement | p. 109 |
| Education and Democracy | p. 141 |
| Free Schools and Technocracy: Some Reflections | p. 171 |
| Notes | p. 183 |
| Bibliography | p. 205 |
| Index | p. 215 |
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