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A collection of essays on the problems with public education and ideas for reform. Contributors include Paul Goodman, Neil Postman, George Dennison, Herbert Kohl, John Holt, James Herndon, and Jonathan Kozol, among others. Divided into three sections: "Some Realities," "Something Else: Theory," and "Something Else: Practice."

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Simon and Schuster: A Touchstone Book
Language
English
Pages
350

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Canada, Éducation, Education, Collections, Écoles
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1973, Penguin Books, Limited
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1971, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Radical school reform
1971, Simon and Schuster
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Radical school reform
1970, Simon and Schuster: A Touchstone Book
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Table of Contents

Introduction. 13
Part One: Some Realities
The Urban School Nightmare
1. The Way It Spozed to Be. James Herndon Page 23 2. Death at an Early Age. Jonathan Kozol Page 45
The Suburban School Nightmare
3. How Children Fail. John Holt Page 59 4. In Suburban Classrooms. Jules Henry Page 77
Part Two: Something Else: Theory
Visions: The School in Society
5. No Processing Whatever. Paul Goodman Page 98 6. Learning in the Global Village. Marshall McLuhan and George Leonard Page 106
Ghetto Education: New Directions
7. Alternative Public School Systems. Kenneth Clark Page 116 8. The Community-Centered School. Preston R. Wilcox Page 125
Student Participation
9. Autonomy and Learning. Edgar Z. Friedenberg Page 139 10. A Student Voice. Montgomery County Student Alliance Page 147
Making Contact: Toward a Relevant Curriculum
11. What's Worth Knowing?. Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner Page 161 12. Making Contact with the Disadvantaged. Mario D. Fantini and Gerald Weinstein Page 172 13. Organic Teaching. Sylvia Ashton-Warner Page 178
Part 3: Something Else: Practice
Getting Out of Their Way: Environments for Learning
14. The British Infant Schools. Joseph Featherstone Page 195 15. The Responsive Environments Laboratory. Omar Khayyam Moore Page 205 16. The First Street School. George Dennison Page 227
Following Their Lead: Exploring the Limits of Freedom
17. Summerhill. 247
18. Fernwood. Elizabeth Monroe Drews Page 259 19. The New School--Vancouver. Anne Long Page 273
Teaching "Unteachables": The Acid Test
20. The Boardman Elementary School. Evans Clinchy Page 297 21. The Pennsylvania Advancement School. Farnum Gray Page 306
22. The CAM Academy. 322
23. A Harlem Class Writes. Herbert Kohl Page 330
Books by Contributors
Marshall McLuhan and George Leonard Page 106 Marshall McLuhan and George Leonard Page 106 Marshall McLuhan and George Leonard Page 106

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Bibliography: p. 347-348.

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Dewey Decimal Class
370/.8
Library of Congress
LB41 .G84 1970

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Hardcover
Pagination
350 p.
Number of pages
350

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OL5308596M
Internet Archive
radicalschoolref00gros_0
ISBN 10
0671204122
LCCN
72092188
OCLC/WorldCat
59685
Library Thing
1961868
Goodreads
2041436

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