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SKOLE: the Journal of Alternative Education, 1994. INSTITUTION National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools DOCUMENT RESUME ED 399 093 RC 020 008 TITLE SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative Education, 1994. INSTITUTION National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools. REPORT NO ISSN-9100-1139 PUB DATE 94 NOTE 398p.; Photographs may not reproduce adequately. For volume 10, see RC 020 007. For volumes 4-9, see ED 360 126. Published twice a year. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative Education; v11 n1-2 1994 EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC16 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Educational Principles; Elementary Secondary Education; Experiential Learning; *Home Schooling; *Nontraditional Education; Open Education; *Public Education; Racial Relations; Religious Factors; *Small Schools; Unions ABSTRACT The two issues of the journal SKOLE for 1994 contain original articles and reprints about small alternative schools, home schooling, the contradictions and deficiencies of public education, and educational innovations. Major articles include:(1) "Reunion" (about Rockland Project School, New York) (Alice Gerard); (2) "Children's Village: The Evolution of an Alternative School" (in Japan) (Kuniko Kato);(3) "Absolute Absolution: The Forgiveness of Original Sin by Ministers of Government Schooling" (John Taylor Gatto);(4) "Hail to the Victors: Home Educators of Michigan" (Pat Montgomery);(5) "What It's 'Really' Like To Be Black" (Claire Saffian);(6) "The National Extortion Association?" (about the National Education Association) (Peter Brimelow, Leslie Spencer); (7) "Walking Wounded: A Way of Life?" (about survivors of child abuse) (Bennet Wong, Jock McKeen);(8) excerpt from "The End of Evolution" (about learning processes) (Joseph Chilton Pearce);(9) excerpts from "Educating the Entire Person" (Ron Dultz); (10) "Who's in Charge at the C-School?" (about the Community Fchool, Camden, Maine) (Bill Halpin); (11) "Stonesoup Journal" (Dan Huston); (12) "Miracle on 45th Street" (about P.S. 51, New York City, New York)(Lydia Green); (13) "Concentration" (about the Free School, Albany, New York) (Chris Mercogliano); (14) "A Map, a Mirror. and a Wristwatch" (about educational strategies to undo the damage inflicted by public education) (John Taylor Gatto);(15) "The Transcendentalists: Humanistic Educators of the Early Nineteenth Century" (Ron Miller); (16) "Schooling + Diplomas = Jobs?" (Pat Farenga); (17) "Information on Eureka Free University Seminar Project" (in Russia) (Jerry Mintz and friends); (18) "Son-Rise: The Miracle Continues" (growth and healing of an autistic child) (Barry Neil Kaufman); (19) "Nine Years of NCACS Doings" (collection of items from the National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools newsletter); (20) "Madalyne" (a first grade's acceptance of a special needs student) (Holly Engel); and (21) "Myles Horton (1905-90) of Highlander: Adult Educator and Southern Activist" (Franklin Parker, Betty J. Parker). The journal also contains poems, letters, reviews of books and videos, interviews, and student writings. (SV) V.k 0 _A 0 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY ryleirt e L lE__ TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) F. 1.43 it)) ,41.74 0 5- U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ()Ike of EducatIonal Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has beenreproduced as received from the personor organization originating it a. Minor changes have beenmade to improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinionsstated in this document do not necessarilyrepresent official OERI positionor policy j_BEST COPY AVAILABLE IA a "2 IKOAE ("Sko-lay,' meaning -school' as defined by the ancient Greeks, an activity conducted on an on-going basis, as part of the awakening of awareness and contact with one's world) appears twice a year. it publishes articles related to the subject of alternatives or innovations in education, critiques of other forms of education, theoretical considerations associated with schools, schooling, learning and teaching, aswellas accounts o f individualschools themselves and"how-to'articles.We welcome manuscripts by educators, interestedby-standers, parents and thoughtful students ofallages.Interesting photographs showing activities connected with learning/teach- ing are in great demand.I used to say they wouldn't be returned, but 1 haven't been getting any at allso now I will, Iwill! Please send me some pictures! Material to be submitted for publication must be received by the November 15 and May 15 deadlines.Manuscripts will not be returned unless extreme emotional blackmail has been practiced by the author, and should be typed with nice black type. Best of all, put them on a Mac, and send us a disk! Send your material to Mary Leue, editor, 72 Philip St., Albany, NY 12202. Subscriptions to /KOAE may be ordered from Down-to-Earth Books at the above address: $20 a year$25 for institutions back issues, $8.00 a copy. Please add $8/year for overseas shipping. Write or call (518) 432-1578; Fax (518) 432-89841 Inquiries concerning membershipin NCACS (theNational Coalition of Alternative Community Schools) or subscription rates to MKOAE as a member or member school of the National Coalitionor for a subscription to the NCACS Newsletter should be addressed to Ed Nagel, NCACS NationalOffice Manager, P.O. Box 15036, Santa Fe, NM 87506. r) 21E0AB kaameall01Allezameadme 136mgmttloun Volume XI, No. 1 Winter, 1994_ TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITORIAL COMMENT: ii SCHOOL PROFILES: Rockland Project School: REUNIOlt by Alice Gerard 1 Children's Village: THE EVOLUTION OF AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, by Kuniko Kato 7 New School of Northern Virginia: THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA WRITING PROJECT, by Vic Kryston 10 ARTICLES: ABSOLUTE ABSOLUTION, by John Taylor (iatto 13 PUSH-HANDS AND PARENTING, by Kate Kerman 90 POEMS AND OTHER LITERARY EXPRESSIONS: Poem by Chris Mercogliano Tribute to John Holt was dictated to their mother by Danette, Bridget and Socorro Finn 45 Poems by Betsy Mercogliano, Frank Houde, Gloria Knorr-Post, Larry Becker and Ted Becker, starting on page 100 100 A PRAYER, by Ron Dultz 155 HUMAN CATCHER, a story by Ian Leue 157 REPRINTS: HAIL TO THE VICTORS: HOME EDUCATORS OF MICHI- GAN, by Pat Montgomery 46 WHAT irs REALLY LIKE TO BE BLACK, by Claire Saff- Ian. 50 THE NATIONAL EXTORTION ASSOCIATION? by Peter Brimelow and Leslie Spencer 57 WALKING WOUNDED: A WAY OF LIFE?, by Bennet Wong and Jock McKeen 86 4 THE END OF EVOLUTION, by Joseph Chilton Pearce: Chapter 15, Cycle of Competence 93 UNLEARNING AND RE-EVALUATING, by Ron Dultz 94 HUMOR: ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE: by James Fadiman, PhD 83 CONFERENCE: SECOND BERKSHIRE LIVE-OUT SUMMER CONFERENCE: LETTERS TO EACH OTHER 100 INTERVIEW: ESSENTIAL PEACEMAKING: an interview with Danaan Parry and Jerilyn Brusseau, by Robert Gilman....I 27 REVIEWS: WHY DO THESE KIDS LOVE SCHOOL?, by Mary Anne Raywid 76 ROBOTS BUILDING ROBOTS, PART TWO: HEARTLESS- NESS IN AMERICA, by Mary M. Leue 133 SCHOOL DROPOUTS: THE TRAGEDY OF AMERICA'S UN- DEREDUCATED YOUTH, by Carlos Bonilla PhD. & Jana L. Brazda 133 EDUCATING THE ENTIRE PERSON, by Ron Dultz 145 ADVERTISEMENTS: Joyful Child Training 168 Bruce Coville 170 Ron Miller's Great Ideas Catalogue 171 Challenging the Giant Volume Two 173 DOWN-TO-EARTH BOOKS 72 PHILIP ST. ALBANY, NEW YORK KOA E tfie Journal of Afternativa Education Down-to-Earth Books 72 Philip St. Albany, New York 12202 Printed in the United States of America January, 1994. ISSN : 91-001139 0 '1 The first poem was written when Chris returned from several weeks of being with his mother as she lay dying of cancer in the hospital. Born Again In the paper thinness of the early morning, she turned to gaze through the window toward the dawning of the timeless beyond. As she breathed her last breaths, which were like newborn breaths, the room grew so incredibly silent, stillfilling with morning light. Where is she now? Like an expectant fatherI awaited her new beginning, my joy and my grief entwined like naked lovers bathing in sun-drenched fog. As she left I kissed her hand, wrapped her gifts loosely in my hearicloth, and made the room ready for her guests. Where is she now? Be Still! Be still! Let the breath breathe you. Unfocus the eyes and see without looking. Listen within (without)listening. What we call reality is a silver stranded web woven by night spiders. In the morning,, be still! and embrace the web. The delicate thread will not break. This is God's promise! - i - EDITORIAL COMMENT: This issue of EKOAE, which is being put together during both the Advent and Hannukah seasons, is your editor's response to the increasingly horrifying events that seem to be taking place in the world.It feels very important to me to assert the goodness that still works among us in countless forms at a time when so many human beings appear to me to be choosingintentionally or inadvertentlyto express themselves destructively, in varying degrees up to and including death, of the self or of others. It has been said many times that children are the future of mankind.Thus, itis among the children that acts of love and tenderness have their most exalted expression, working as beacons of light for human beings by which they may find their way. The Free School in Albany is one such center of light.One feels it immediately on entering the building.Many, many alternative schools are equally special.It is to the existence of such places that this journal owes whatever relevance it may have in shaping the future of our world. I have included photographs taken by Betsy Mercogliano at our school and poems written by her husband Chris as symbols of this peace and light. The articlesinthis issue represent a spectrum of the possible and the actual in helping to create a more hopeful future.In my view, the responses made by each of these writers, representing as they do, the integrity and heart-centered purpose of each of them, are infinitely more significant, for this fact, than merely in terms of the objective content they are representing.
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