Alternative Education: Index for SKOLE,
The Journal of Alternative Education 1985-1999:
Activism, ADD, Critique and Articles by Chris Mercogliano

Activism, Change: A

W 86:
Educational Reformers of the Seventies: Ten Years Later, by Mabel
 ....................Dennison..................................................................................................................19
Su 88:
Alternative Education Not Dead Yet, Leader Insists, by Alan Parachini........59
Are We Myth-Taken About Education? by Gene Lehman.......................................68
Su 89:
"Whaddya Mean, Free?" by Mary Leue .....................................................................60
Su 90:
The Difficulty of Building Coalitions in Holistic Education: Lessons from
..............Holistic Education Review, by Ron Miller, Ed ..........................................18
 Pogo Time, by Mary M. Leue.......................................................................................39
Japan's Education: A Time for Change, by John Potter (Japan).........................16

Su 91:

Educating for Peace, by Phil Gang, PhD......................................................................9
The Trouble With Freedom by Trevor Phillips, From A Voice for Children:..104
W 92:
"Lasst uns unseren kindern leben!" by John Froebel-Parker................................29
W 93:
Reform, Choice and the Teachers' Unions, by Carlos Bonilla.............................172
W 94:
School Dropouts: The Tragedy of America's Under-Educated Youth, by Carlos
..........Bonilla PhD. & Jana L Brazda.........................................................................133
W 97:
Interview With Richard Lewis (Part 1), Chris and Mary Leue..............................5
Spr 97:
 Interview with Richard Lewis (Part 2), Chris and Mary Leue............................62
F 97:
Radical Democracy and our Future: A Call to Action; The Dialectics of Liberty,
..............by John Taylor Gatto.....................................................................................40
W 98;
From Jerry Mintz: AERO Radio Show Goes Prime Time.....................................viii
F 98:
The Island of A-B, C. Voulis........................................................................................x
 On-line Discussion of a New Name for a New Journal:
 ..............Paths of Learning ........................................................................................xiv
Online discussion of ADHD, Kimberly Isakssen, Joe Nathan, Ron Miller.......12
 
Attention Deficit Disorder: Ad
 
Su 97:
Why I Believe Attention Deficit Disorder is a Myth, by Thomas Armstrong,
............PhD.......................................................................................................................74
Spr 98:
Attention Deficit Disorder, by Emanuel Pariser.................................................xvi
Rid-a-Him, Introduction, Chapter 1, a new book by Chris Mercogliano................1
Childhood as Disease, by Dr. Edward Hamlyn.................................................,.......24
Two Reviews by Chris Mercogliano:
.......... All About Attention Deficit Disorder, by Thomas W. Phelan, PhD........26
..........The Myth of the ADD Child, by Thomas Armstrong, PhD......................... 28
Su 98:
 Rid-a-Him Chapters 2 & 3 by Chris Mercogliano...................................................71
 Commentary on Rid-a-Him, by Emanuel Pariser......................................................97
The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses, a review by Chris Mercogliano...100
F 98:
 Rid-a-Him, Chapter Four, Chris Mercogliano............................................................1
Online discussion of ADHD, Kimberly Isakssen, Joe Nathan, Ron Miller.......12
 
Critique: C
F 85:
Robots Building Robots? by Mary Leue......................................................................7
 Children in Their Place by Richard Stone...............................................................34

Spr 86:

From the Unicorn's Mouth, Dave Lehman's ACS magazine:  
............A Humanitarian is Always a Hypocrite, Terry Doran…..................................23-32
 Su 89:
An Education Money Can't Buy, by Gene Lehman...................................................57
"Whaddya Mean, Free?" by Mary Leue ....................................................................60
 W 90:
Consumerism as a Deadly Art, by Charlene Liberata............................................64
What They Learn in School, by Jerome Stern.......................................................71
 Su 90:
The Difficulty of Building Coalitions in Holistic Education: Lessons from
..............Holistic Education Review, by Ron Miller, Ed .........................................18
Pogo Time, by Mary M. Leue.......................................................................................39
 We're All in This Together, by David Jordan, Ed. BH&G. (embedded within
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the article "PogoTime").................................................................................40
 Challenging the Great CHAIN of Education, by Gene Lehman, Ed. LUNO.....78
 Children at Risk, by Jonathan Kozol........................................................................84
Su 91:
Why Schools Don't Educate, by John Gatto..........................................................42
W 92:
.(From John Taylor Gatto's Carnegie Hall Program):
..............We Need Less School, Not More, by John Taylor Gatto....................132
Su 92:
 Eliminating Freedom in a Democratic Society, by Trevor Phillips...................86
 Another Lost Generation, by Michael Meyer.........................................................91
. From John Taylor Gatto's Carnegie Hall program:
.............How Did We Ever Come to Believe That the State Should Tell our
.................................Children What toThink? by John Taylor Gatto...............................155
.,,,,,,,,,,,The Problem of Schooling, by John Taylor Gatto,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,207
W 93:
Afterthought, by Larry Becker.................................................................................39
 Reform, Choice and the Teachers' Unions, by Carlos Bonilla..........................172
Vouchers, Tax Credits, Freedom of Choice, from LUNOletter.......................177 :
Su 94:
From The Japan Times: Idealism Seen As Casualty At Free School by Cameron  ..........Hay.......................................................................................................................28
W 95:
The Tyranny of Compulsory Schooling, by John Taylor Gatto..............................1
Japan's Education: A Time for Change, by John Potter (Japan)........................16
Excerpts from LUNO, by Gene Lehman........................................................…….....103
Western Hypocrisy, by Mohammad Yadegari.........................................................114
Spr 95:
Welcome to School, Prison, Compound, Whatever by Bill Kaul..........................100
Su 95:
Nine Assumptions of Schooling - and Twenty-one Facts the Institution .
............Would Rather Not Discuss, by John Taylor Gatto: .................................19
"School is Bad for Children," from The Saturday Evening Post by John.Holt
......................................................................................................................................................76
W 96:
The Debilitating Malady Called Boyhood, by Natalie Angier...............................51
W 97:
Eyeless In Gaza Part I, from The Empty Child, by John Taylor Gatto............21
Su 96:
Japanese Education, John Potter (Japam)..............................................................29
Spr 97:
Like China in the Bull Shop, K. McLinn & R. Kastelic............................................15
Eyeless in Gaza, Part II, John Taylor Gatto........................................................22
 School is Bad for Children, John Holt..................................................................102
W 98:
The Moral Logic of Perpetual Evolution, by John Gatto.....................................26
 Revisioning Discipline by Orin Domenico...............................................................35
 Celebrating the Difference: Partial Vision in Alternative Education,
 ...........by John Potter (Japan)...................................................................................53
The Treatment Philosophy Snowballs, by Matt Hern...........................................58
Spr 98:
Rid-a-Him, Introduction, Chapter 1, a new book by Chris Mercogliano...............1
High School Dropout Rate Understated Tenfold, by Alan Bonsteel and .Carlos
...........Bonilla.................................................................................................................78
Su 98:
On the Scientific Management of Children, by John Taylor Gatto..................23
............The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses, a review by Chris Mercogliano...100
F 98:
Rid-a-Him, Chapter Four, Chris Mercogliano.............................................................1
Online discussion of ADHD, Kimberly Isakssen, Joe Nathan, Ron Miller.......12
 
Chris Mercogliano: Ch
Su 88:
Children's Theatre as Education, by Chris Mercogliano ....................................14
W 90:
Coalition as Community, by Chris Mercogliano.......................................................18
Su 91:
Alternative School Conference in Japan, by Chris Mercogliano.......................67
Su 93:
Holistic Education Review, by Chris Mercogliano..............................................147
Su 94:
Concentration, by Chris Mercogliano.......................................................................39
Su 95:
The Therapeutic School, by Chris Mercogliano......................................................57
F 95:
Puerto Rico Journal, by Chris Mercogliano............................................................60
Small Journals, Chris Mercogliano Skipping Stones..........................................126
W 95:
Fear, by Chris Mercogliano..................................................................................,,,,..58
Spr 95:
Metaphors Within Metaphors by Chris Mercogliano..........................................106
Two Desktop Educational Journals, Chris Mercogliano reviewer...................123
Su 95:
The Therapeutic School, by Chris Mercogliano.....................................................57
Four Reviews by Chris Mercogliano:
The School Around Us by Claudia Berman.................................................117
Self-Schoolers Network News by Zoi Blöwen-Ledoux, ed....................117
The Parenting Path, a NI. by Susan Bagby...............................................118
............Natural Life, Wendy Priesnitz, ed.............................................................119
F 95:
Small Journals, reviewed by Chris Mercogliano: Skipping Stones..................126
W 96;
The Art of Education, by Linda Dobson, reviewed by Chris Mercogliano
.........................................................................................................................................42
Making It Up as We Go Along, Introduction, by Chris Mercogliano...............57
Educational Freedom for a Democratic Society, by Ron Miller, reviewed.by
....... Chris Mercogliano.............................................................................................104
Books and audiotapes, reviewed by Chris Mercogliano:
Boomerang, The Private Eye, Talking Walls, Who Belongs Here?,
........................Welcoming Babies...............................................................................125
Spr 96:
Fixing a Desk, Mending a Mind, Chris Mercogliano...............................................93
Su 96:
Making It Up as We Go Along, Conclusion, by Chris Mercogliano...................120
F 96:
Stand With Children! by Chris Mercogliano...........................................................20
Four Reviews, by Chris Mercogliano:
.......Talking Walls; the Stories Continue, by M.B. Knight, illustrated
by Anne Sibley O'Brien......................................................................113
........Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood, by A.S.Neill, edited
by Albert Lamb.....................................................................................114
........Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman....................................................116
........Natural Learning Rythms, by Josette and Sambhava Luvmour..................118
W 97:
Four Reviews, by Chris Mercogliano:
Screen Smarts, A Family Guide to Media Literacy, by Gloria De
Gaetano and Kathleen Bander.............................................................98
Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environment, by James
Garbarino..............................................................................................100
Compulsory Education and Human Learning: The Moral Failure of Public
Education in America and Japan, edited by Dayle M. Bethel.....101
Perspectives In Multicultural Education, edited by Carlos A.
........................Bonilla, Ph.D. and Dale H Scott, J.D.............................................103
Spr 97:
A School Must Have a Heart, by Chris Mercogliano............................................87
Su 97:
Video review: Hello Around the World, reviewed by Chris Mercogliano........115
F 97
The Modern School Movement by Paul Avrich, reviewed by Chris Mercogliano ..........................................................................................................................................31
Three Reviews by Chris Mercogliano:
..........Times Square Rabbi, FindingThe Lost Hope In Children's Lives, by
Yehudah Fine.....................................................................................................77
...........The Parents' Guide To Alternatives In Education, by Ronald Koetzsch,
............Ph.D.....................................................................................................................79
............If Not Now, When: Education, Not Schooling, Dr. Bob Smilovitz......80
Spr 98:
Rid-a-Him, Introduction, Chapter 1, a new book by Chris Mercogliano...............1
Two Reviews of ADD books by Chris Mercogliano:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,26
................All About Attention Deficit Disorder by Thomas Phelan
...............The Myth of the ADD Child, by Thomas Armstrong
A Search for the Historical Jesus, by Fida Hassnain, reviewed by Chris
...............Mercogliano....................................................................................................86
Su 98:
Rid-a-Him, Chapter Two and Three, by Chris Mercogliano.................................70
A Search for the Historical Jesus, by Fida Hassnain, Reviewed by Chris
..............Mercogliano.....................................................................................................86
Three reviews by Chris Mercogliano:
............The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses, by Chris Mercogliano......100
Living by Wonder, by Richard Lewis..........................................................122
...........The Common Vision, by David Marshak.......................................................124
F 98:
Rid-a-Him, Chapter Four, Chris Mercogliano............................................................1
 
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