John Holt and the History of Homeschooling “His great legacy is the homeschooling movement itself, which, without his considerable guidance and patient nurturing during its most formative years, would today be a horse of a very different color.”
More articles about this pioneering visionary:
A Tribute to John Holt, 1923-1985, by Pat Farenga
The Education of John Holt, [...]
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The American Homeschool Association has been serving homeschooling families with advocacy, support, information and networking since 1995.
The AHA supports, encourages and promotes all approaches to homeschooling, in line with the earliest advocates of home education, John Holt and Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore.
Current AHA services include a discussion list and online forum which provides [...]
The American Homeschool Association has been serving homeschooling families with advocacy, support, information and networking since 1995.
The AHA supports, encourages and promotes all approaches to homeschooling, in line with the earliest advocates of home education, John Holt and Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore.
Current AHA services include a discussion list and online forum which provides news, [...]
An Interview with John Holt, by Robert Gilman, The Way Of Learning (IC#6) Summer 1984:
John Holt is a leading spokesperson for what he would describe as “growing without schooling.” How he came to this is a fascinating story that I’d like him to tell in his own words by using the following adapted excerpt from [...]
“Since they were founded, the public schools have enjoyed almost limitless public trust and confidence. People might criticize them in detail, but in principle almost everyone agreed that the public schools were a great thing. The idea of an effective government monopoly in education was accepted almost without question. Now, suddenly, more and more citizens [...]
