- Mission of Paths
of Learning (1999, Issue #1, p. 4). Shows the recent history
and ideals from which our magazine began.
- Public Education,
Alternative Schools, and Democracy, by Ron Miller (Summer 1999,
Issue #1, pp. 14-17). Drawing from the history of the 1960s and early
1970s, this article explores the roots of disillusionment with public
education. Miller examines the three purposes of different agendas
for change in schools: (1) to promote democracy, (2) to support a
competitive economic system, and (3) to instill moral values and
civic virtues.
- John Holt and the Origins of Contemporary
Homeschooling, by Patrick Farenga (Summer 1999, Issue #1,
pp. 34-37). John Holt was one of the biggest movers and shakers
in homeschooling until his death in 1985. In this article, Farenga
explores the phases of Holt's evolving philosophy and the development
of works though his many books and the publishing of the magazine Growing
Without Schooling.
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