Free Schools, Free People: Education and Democracy After the 1960’s

Gajda,Rebecca

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Free Schools, Free People: Education and Democracy After the 1960’s

reviewed 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
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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.)

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Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 105 Number 4, 2003, p. 613-616
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 11050, Date Accessed: 1/17/2021 7:17:05 AM

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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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