DOCUMENT RESUME ED 367 519 RC 019 514 AUTHOR Leue, Mary M., Ed. TITLE Challenging the Giant, Volume II: TheBest of SKOLE, the Journal of Alternative Education. REPORT NO ISBN-1-878115-09-X PUB DATE Jan 94 NOTE 504p.; Photographs may not reproduceclearly. For Volume I, see ED 356 930. AVAILABLE FROMDown-to-Earth Books, 72 Philip Street, Albany,NY 12202 ($12.95). PUB TYPE Books (010) Collected Works General (020) EDRS PRICE MF02/PC21 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Change Agents; *Change Strategies; *Educational Change; Educational Experience; *Educational Philosophy; Educational Research;Elementary Secondary Education; Family School Relationship; *Home Schooling; *NontraditionalEducation; Personal Narratives; Program Descriptions; PublicSchools; *Small Schools ABSTRACT This book represents a collectionof over 60 articles appearing in SKOLE: the Journal ofAlternative Education from 1985 through 1992 and focusingon educational reform and alternatives to public schooling. The journalwas created 9 years ago in response to the growing number of families andeducators dissatisfied with public schooling and to the increasing numberof educators interested in alternative approaches to public education.The book includes descriptions of alternative schoolprograms, approaches to home schooling, and alternative curricula.One section consists of creative writing, includingpoetry written by students attending alternative schools. Also includedare personal narratives of parents, students, and teachers involvedin alternati've schooling; articles explaining the philosophyand principles of educational alternatives; reviews of periodicalsfocusing on home schooling, educational reform, and alternativeschooling; and examination of research related to alternative education.Included are addresses of authors and of schools and organizationsdescribed. Contains photographs. 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Other books by the author: Jessica Dragonette's Fiery Breath Love Songs for the Irishwoman Rushing to Eva Looking for One's Shadow at Noon, vols.I & 2 The Flying Bird Brings the Message India Journal Challenging the Giant, vol. I 4 CHALLENGING THE GIANT, VOL. II-- The Best of EKOAE, The Journal of Alternative Education Down-to-Earth Books 72 Philip St. Albany, New York 12202 C a M U 6 1 V g i n a OA MI VATt) rt, W(011. 1 ti Ls 1 lace 183mcq off EKOAE .rowallInftlit offAlltkoremenafiwce /t4,1 lunenottlioni Down-to-Earth Books 72 Philip St. Albany, New York 12202 First printing: January, 1994 Printed in the United States of America ISBN :1-878115-09-X 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL PEOPLE Introduction The Emergence of The Arthur Morgan School, by Ernest Morgan 1 Inside ShaVer Mountain School: Demo,:ratic School Governance, by Jerry Mintz 11 The Soule School, an Elementary Alternative, by Mabel Dennison 20 Two by Sandy Hurst on Upattinas: Why Upattinas? by Sandy Hurst 26 Traveling With Students, by Sandy Hurst 31 Two by Emanuel Pariser on the Community School: A Day In The Life: The Community School, by Emanuel Pariser 40 Elements of a Supportive Educational Environment 51 From Gadfly to Mainstream: The New Orleans Free School Twenty Years Later,uy Bob Ferris 55 Nurturing Spiritual Growth in Teenagers: The Meeting School,by Judith Randall 60 Nathaniel Needle on New Salem Academy: Alternative Schools: Who Are We Now? 74 John Potter on Somerset School: Welcome Address to Somerset Small Schools Conference 79 The Alternative Community School in Ithaca, New York 83 Two by Dave Lehman on ACS: The Alternative Community School: the Healthy Side of Exhaustion 86 Changing Adolescents In the 80's: Toward Freedom and Responsibility 92 The Sudbury Valley School (from the catalog) 102 Two by Dan Greenberg on Sudbury Valley: Sudbury Valley School 106 A New Look at Learning 116 Six From The Free School: Alternative School Conference in Japan, by Chris Mercog- Ilano 130 Kids, Democracy and Community, by Chris Mercogliann132 Shared Spaces, by Betsy Mercogllano 140 Creativity, by Charlene Therrien 145 'Whaddya Mean, Free? by Mary Leue 152 7 The Free School Community as Learning Resource for Conscious Living 157 Two on The Planet School (in Kyoto, Japan): The Free School And The Planet School, by Keiko Yamashita 166 interview With Yamashita Kelko, by Kathy Ariyn Sokol and Stephen Suioway 169 Three on tiomeschooling: How to Get an Education at Home, by Pat Farenga 173 Learning From my Mother, Learning From my Daughters, by Kate Kerman 180 Homeschooling: A Personal Experience, by Hannah Lappl85 Two on Summerhill: The Experience of Summerhill, by Albert Lamb 1 90 The Ecology of Childhood, by Matthew Appleton 200 Two on Froebelian Education: An Experience in Froebel's Garden: Addison Gardens, a London Inner City School, by Elizabeth S. Cole 211 "Lasst Uns Unsern Kindern Lebeni" by John Froebel- Parker 218 Three on the Modern School Movement: The New Jersey Modern School in Stelton, New Jersey by Jo Ann Wheeler Burbank 221 Community Schools, by Jon Thoreau Scott 225 *La Farigola,' Recollections, by Pura Perez 230 Dawthorne Valley Farm School (a Waldorf School): 'In the Belly of the Dragon' by Kathleen Young 235 The Learning Community: a Short-lived Diocesan "School Within a School,"contributed by a former student 240 LITERARY OUTBURSTS Poems by Six Free School Children: 149 Truth, by Alyssa Zienliowlcz A Poem, by Monique Roberts A Poem, by Eve Minehan I Wish, by Ellsha Mittleman My Dream, by Lily Mercogliano A Poem, by Gabrielle Becker Tribute To John Holt, by Danette, Bridget and Socorro Finn 179 A Teacher Should Know Very Little About The Subject He Teaches, by A.S. Neill 194 Children Learn What They Live, by Dorothy Law Nolte 284 What They Learn in School, By Jerome Stern 320 The Yellow Picture (Author Unknown) 343 8 MODEL-BUILDING Designing Alternatives For Success: From the Hofstra University Center for the Study of Educational Alternatives 244 The Learning Society, By Robert Theobald Elements Of The Holistic Education Vision, By The Founding Members Of The Global Alliance For Transforming Education (GATE) 265 ARTICLES Two by John Taylor Gatto We Need Less School, Not More 267 "How Did We Ever Come to Believe that the State Should Tell Our Children What to Think?" 285 Two on John Dewey: The Still Living Message of John Dewey, by William H. Leue 293 Would Dewey Make Children Learn In School? by Charlotte N. Landvoigt 296 Two by Gene Lehman: Are We Myth-Taken About Education? by Gene Lehman 304 Challenging the Great Chain of Education, by Gene Leh- man 307 Ron Miller: The Difficulty of Building Coalitions in Alternative Education: Lessons fromHolistic Education Review 31 I Leslie Hart: Moving Prom 'Logic to Brain Compatibility, 317 Ted Sizer: Rebuilding: First Steps: The Coalition of Essential Schools 322 John Janitor (Carroll): The English Speak English and the Zucanlnos Zulan Zucanino 333 Sylvia Ashton-Warner: Organic Teaching, 338 Pythia Peay: The Singing Sword: Images Guide Adolescents' Journeys 345 Marie Winn: New Views of Human Intelligence 351 REVIEWS by Betsy Mercogliano: Six Alternative Education Periodicals: 359 Home Education Magazine Growing Without Schooling Rethinking Schools Holistic Education Review National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools News Lib Ed Four Reviews from Holistic Education Review: What Are Schools For? by Ron Miller 363 Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, by John Taylor Gatto 365 My Life as a Traveling Home Schooler, by Jenlfer Gold- man 372 Nellie Dick and the Modem School Movement, a video by Jerry Mintz 373 One From the Christian Education Viewpoint: The Closing of the American Heart: What's Really Wrong With America's Schools, by Ronald 11. Nash 374 One From the Guardian: Savage Inequalities, by Jonathan Kozol 376 From Sudbury Valley Press: A New Look at Schools, by Dan Greenberg 382 From ICA Publishing: School Dropouts: The Tragedy of America's Under-educated Youth, by Carlos Bonilla & Jana L. Brazda 387 STUDIES Joseph N. Rice, Upton Sinclair, and Theodore Sizer: Three Tourists and What They Saw in American Schools, by Lols E. Kenick 397 Three Chapters from Free Fonning: Greater Personal Fulfillment Through Living Democracy, by Robert Skenes Chapter III, 'Images Of More Democratic Social Organiza- tion 4I 2 Chapter VII, People Jazz: Creating our World Through Com- munication' 432 Chapter VIII, it All Sounds Nice, but how Do I Beginl a Cali to Action' 459 ADVERTISEMENTS 483 t 0 INTRODUCTION This collection of writings from the alternative education community and other sources represents a span of seven years of the little journal IKOAE, from 1983 through 1992, picking up additional writings omitted from volume one of Challenging the Giant. As with the first volume, the decision was made to put together a second volume of more of