Patrick Farenga lives in Medford, Massachusetts with his wife, Day, and three girls: Lauren (11), Alison (7), and Audrey (4), all of whom are homeschooled. Patrick has worked at Holt Associates since 1981, the year John Holt’s landmark book on homeschooling, Teach Your Own, was first published. He started off as a volunteer, packing books, answering phones, filling subscriptions, and typing up John Holt’s correspondence off tapes he dictated.
Patrick has been president of Holt Associates Inc. and the publisher of Growing Without Schooling since Holt’s death in 1985. Some of the books Patrick has written and edited about John Holt, learning, and homeschooling include: Growing Without Schooling: A Record of a Grassroots Movement, The Beginner’s Guide to Homeschooling, Teenage Homeschoolers: College or Not?, John Holt’s Reading List, Sharing Treasures: Book Reviews by John Holt (edited w/Jane Holcomb). His writings include many magazine articles and contributions to almost a dozen books by other writers.
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