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Free Schools, Free People: Education and Democracy After the 1960’sreviewed by Rebecca Gajda - 2003 Title: Free Schools, Free People: Education and Democracy After the 1960’s Author(s): Ron Miller Publisher: State University of New York Press, Albany ISBN: 0-7914-5420-7, Pages: 213, Year: 2002 Search for book at Amazon.com The plain white dove flying free from its cage and the few
simple daisies which adorn the front of Ron Miller’s new
book, Free Schools, Free People:Education and Democracy After
the 1960’s, belie the fervent and scholastically rigorous
exploration of education and democracy since the 1960’s which
unfolds between its covers. As Miller reveals, many of the
divisive issues that polarize and confuse educators, parents, and
citizens concerned with education today, originate from the
cultural stresses that surfaced in the late 1960’s.
Miller’s historical and analytical examination of free school
ideology enlightens the current and controversial debate over
standards and private agendas for schooling in the United States.
Scholars will appreciate Miller’s in-depth and objective
(but, not dispassionate) analysis of the “moral idealism and
democratic vision of those who promoted the free school
movement”; educators and citizens alike will feel compelled
to reevaluate their own beliefs about the purposes and practices of
schooling. Ultimately, it is Miller’s hope that an
examination of the free school movement, a movement... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Rebecca Gajda
University of Vermont E-mail Author Dr. Gajda is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont. Her research and scholarship have focused on the Agenda for Education in a Democracy, the impact of school violence on pre-service teachers, and the preparation of professional educators. Additionally, she is under contract for a book on grant writing and program evaluation with the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Dr. Gajda is a former junior high school teacher who continues to work closely with teachers in local professional development schools, which form a collaborative with the University to prepare secondary school educators.
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