Schools Where Children Learn

Joseph Featherstone—along with John Holt, Robert Coles, and Charles Silberman—stands at the forefront of those calling for a humane, new education for our children. He was the first critic of American educational practices to champion the British primary system as a model of reform. This book contains all of Featherstone's ideas on sound educational procedures and the "open-classroom concept" and takes a profound look at our current educational crisis. First he examines the English primary ...