Having reread the classics of educational writing and surveyed the schools of his own day, Nearing contrasts the old education of rote and discipline with the new. He describes schools that teach through art, handicrafts, play and citizenship, from paper-cutting in the kindergarten to real products made by older children, and argues for education fitted to modern life.
A vivid snapshot of the progressive education movement by one of America’s most outspoken radicals. Download the free EPUB.