The Free School
The Free School

Author: W. Kenneth Richmond

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-02-24

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1000544826

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First published in 1973, The Free School explores the roots of the educational malaise- sociological, historical, and psychological- and looks at what could be done and what is being done to free education from its rigid and hierarchical nineteenth-century organization. By placing schooling within its larger social context, the author illuminates many reasons behind the troubled situation in our secondary schools. Our mistake has been, he thinks, to confuse education (in its truest sense) with schooling. He concludes his analysis with a valuable account of the ways in which new educational ideas are being tried out in such places as Countesthorpe, Wyndham, the Parkway Program in Philadelphia, and the Open University. This book is a must read for schoolteachers and educationists.

Free from School
Free from School

Author: Rahul Alvares

Publisher: 1st World Publishing

Published: 2005-01-12

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1421802805

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It's not every day that a 16 year old writes a book. In fact, girls and boys of that age are supposed to spend their time studying what other people write. It is pre-sumed that at that age they do not themselves have anything significant or interesting to say. And the education system guarantees just that. The best rewards go to those who can parrot set answers to set questions in examination halls. Those who try to use their imagination or reply differently are often punished with low grades.

Free at Last
Free at Last

Author: Daniel Greenberg

Publisher: The Sudbury Valley School

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781888947007

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Free for All
Free for All

Author: Janet Poppendieck

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2010-01-04

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0520944410

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How did our children end up eating nachos, pizza, and Tater Tots for lunch? Taking us on an eye-opening journey into the nation's school kitchens, this superbly researched book is the first to provide a comprehensive assessment of school food in the United States. Janet Poppendieck explores the deep politics of food provision from multiple perspectives--history, policy, nutrition, environmental sustainability, taste, and more. How did we get into the absurd situation in which nutritionally regulated meals compete with fast food items and snack foods loaded with sugar, salt, and fat? What is the nutritional profile of the federal meals? How well are they reaching students who need them? Opening a window onto our culture as a whole, Poppendieck reveals the forces--the financial troubles of schools, the commercialization of childhood, the reliance on market models--that are determining how lunch is served. She concludes with a sweeping vision for change: fresh, healthy food for all children as a regular part of their school day.

Should School Lunches Be Free?
Should School Lunches Be Free?

Author: David Anthony

Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Published: 2017-07-15

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1534523359

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School lunches should be free for all students. Some people might strongly agree with this statement, while others might strongly disagree. In order to engage in a debate about this topic that affects readers’ everyday lives, readers first need to understand both sides. They are able to do this with the help of balanced main text, fact boxes, and graphic organizers. Different points of view are clearly presented to readers, who are encouraged to think critically about an issue that would impact them and their families. This valuable reading experience is enhanced through the use of colorful photographs.

Breaking Free
Breaking Free

Author: Sol Stern

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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The first book to transform school choice from an abstract policy issue into a question of basic personal freedom--and indeed, for minority children at the bottom of the social ladder, into a question of survival.

Free Schools, Free People
Free Schools, Free People

Author: Ron Miller

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2002-07-18

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780791454190

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The first historical account of the free school movement of the 1960s.

Free School Teaching
Free School Teaching

Author: Kristan Accles Morrison

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0791479870

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Free School Teaching is the personal and professional journey of one teacher within the American educational system. Faced with mounting frustrations in her own traditional, middle school classroom and having little success in resolving them, Kristan Accles Morrison decided to seek out answers, first by immersing herself in the academic literature of critical education theory and then by turning to the field. While the literature on progressive education gave her hope that things could be different and better for students locked into America's traditional education system, she wanted to find a firsthand example of how these ideas played out in practice. Morrison found a radical "free school" in Albany, New York, that embodied the ideas found in the literature, and over a period of three months she observed and documented differences between alternative and traditional schools. In trying to reconcile the gap between those systems, Morrison details the lessons she learned about teachers, students, curriculum, and the entire conception of why we educate our children.

Back-to-School Rules
Back-to-School Rules

Author: Laurie Friedman

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ®

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1541528530

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School's in session! When it comes to surviving school, Percy's at the head of the class. If you can follow his ten simple rules, making the grade will be a piece of cake (and school will be a lot of fun). But there's more to school than showing up on time and staying awake in class. If you have any doubts, Percy also shows exactly what not to do. No spitballs! No running in the halls! No bouncing off the ceiling! No crazy scheming! See what other trouble—and tips—Percy has in mind!