Alternative Education: Index for SKOLE,
The Journal of Alternative Education 1985-1999:
Humor, Reviews

Humor: Hu

W 94:
On a More Serious Note, by James Fadiman, PhD ........................................83
Su 94:
The Good News and the Bad News, by Jim Fadiman.....................................158
F 96:
Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide! The Invisible Killer (sent by Tom Leue)........125
Spr 97:
Deep Thoughts.....................................................................................................117
F 97:
Things I've Learned From My Children............................................................94
Spr 98:
Buttered Cats and Other Mysteries................................................................93
W 98:
Swami Beyondananda's Guide to Enlightenment..............................................111
Computer Camp.......................................................................................................112
 
Reviews: R
F85; W 86:
(no reviews in these issues)
Spr 86
Crime and Human Nature, James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Hernstein......19
F 86-W 87:
(no reviews in this issue)
W 88:
Learning Is: a Moving Experience, by Theresa Benzwie, reviewed by Betsy Mercogliano .............................................................................................................89
Study Guide for the Rapids of Change, by Robert Theobald..........................93
Su 88:
Reviews by Betsy Mercogliano:............................................................................71
Home Education Magazine
Growing Without Schooling
Rethinking Schools
Holistic Education Review
NCACS News
Lib Ed
Reviews by David K. Cohen (from The Nation):................................................75
Barriers to Excellence
Make Something Happen
Su 89:
(no reviews in Su 89 )
W 90:
Rachel and her Children, by Jonathan Kozol, reviewed by Otto Friedrich. 61
Su 90:
(no reviews in Su 90)
W 91:
Embodying Experience: Forming a Personal Life, by Stanley Keleman,
reviewed by Mitchell Hall.........................................................................72
The Loss of Heart in Education, by Ronald H. Nash.......................................74
Su 91:
Nectar at Noon; Child's Work...........................................................................166
W 92:
Kozol: Kids Damned to 'Savage Inequalities,' by Steven Wishnia...............94
What Are Schools For? and New Directions in Education, Ron Miller,
reviewer unknown.......................................................................................101
My Life as a Traveling Homeschooler, by Jenifer Goldman.........................103
Cousteau Society Reviews of Earth Manuals, by Tim Knipe.........................104
A New Look at Schools, and other books by Daniel Greenberg...................108
Su 92:
(no reviews in Su 92)
W 93:
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, by John
Taylor Gatto, Reviewed by Ron Miller..................................................130
There Are No Children Here - The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the
Other America, by Alex Kodowitz; Savage Inequalities: Children
in America's SchooLs, by Jonathan Kozol, reviewed by Joseph Pearl..................................................................................................150
Su 93:
False Choices? Review by Michael Traugot........................................................79
Holistic Education Review, by Chris Mercogliano...........................................147
John Taylor Gatto's reply to Ron Miller in re his review of Dumbing
Us Down........................................................................................................158
W 94:
Why Do These Kids Love School?, by Mary Anne Raywid................................76
Robots Building Robots (Part 2): Heartlessness in America, reviewed by
Mary M. Leue...............................................................................................133
School Dropouts: The Tragedy of America's Under-Educated Youth,
by Carlos Bonilla PhD. & Jana L Brazda...............................................133
Educating the Entire Person, by Ron Dultz, reviewed by the author.........145
Su 94:
Changing Lives: Voices from a School that Works, by Jane Day, reviewed
by Mary Leue...............................................................................................161
How toTrash Our Young via Public Education: A Practical Guide by
Joseph Najavi.............................................................................................163
W 95:
(no reviews in W95)
Spr95
Kingdom of Childhood, by Dan Greenberg, reviewed by Mary M. Leue.........119
Two Desktop Educational Journals, Chris Mercogliano reviewer...............123
Su95
Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood, Albert Lamb, ed., reviewed
by Malcolm Campbell...................................................................................99
Review of the Journal of Family Life from The Utne Reader by Andrea
Martin...........................................................................................................116
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
Native Sin, a Review of Disney's Pocahontas by Don Ruedisueli................120
Fall, 95:
Voices of the Emerging Generation, Charlene Therrien................................125
Small Journals, Chris Mercogliano Skipping Stones......................................126
Family Unschoolers Network (F.U.N.)...............................................................127
W 96:
The Educated Heart, by Daniel Goleman, reviewed by Ellen Becker............37
The Art of Education, by Linda Dobson, reviewed by Chris Mercogliano
.....................................................................................................................................42
Dangerous Minds, by Lou Anne Johnson, reviewed by Connie Frisbee
Houde.............................................................................................................45
The Trouble With Boys, by Angela Phillips, reviewed by Frank Houde.......66
Reviving Ophelia, by Mary Pipher, reviewed by Nancy Ost...........................70
Raising a Son, by Don and Joanne Elium, reviewed by Larry Becker...........76
Parents on the Run, by Willard and Marguerite Beecher, reviewed by
Charlene Therrien.......................................................................................79
Amazing Grace, by Jonathan Kozol, review by Mary Leue..............................99
Educational Freedom for a Democratic Society, by Ron Miller, reviewed
by Chris Mercogliano................................................................................104
Deschooling Our Lives, ed. by Matt Hern., reviewed by Mary Leue..........106
Books and audiotapes, reviewed by Chris Mercogliano:
Boomerang, The Private Eye, Talking Walls, Who Belongs Here,
Welcoming Babies.........................................................................125
The Double Life of Pocahontas, by Jean Fritze, rev. by Leslie Cassano

..................................................................................................................................128

Spr 96:
Fire Ready, by Eric Dean, reviewed by Robert Kastelic................................73
How Like an Angel Came I Down, Alice O. Howell, Ed., reviewed by Mary
......Leue.......................................................................................................108 
Su 96:
Two by Pat Farenga, Holt Associates, reviewed by Ellen Becker:
The Beginner's Guide to Homeschooling..............................................110
Teenage Homeschooler: College or Not?.............................................113
Review of the Journal of Family Life in the Berkshire Eagle...................123
Review by Betsy Mercogliano of Raising a Daughter: Parents and the
Awakening of a Healthy Woman, by Jeanne Elium and Don Elium..129
Fall 96:
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:
Celebrating Girls, by Virginia Beane Rutter, reviewed by Nancy Leue
...................................................................................................................................92
Raising a Thinking Child Workbook, by Myrna B. Shure with Theresa
............Foy Digeronimo, reviewed by Peter Leue..............................................94
Wonderful Ways To Love A Teen, Even When It Seems Impossible, by
Judy Ford, reviewed by Ellen Becker....................................................95
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
Spr97:
A Life in School: What the Teacher Learned, Jand Tompkins, reviewed by
.............Mary Leue...................................................................................................112
Su 97:
How to Tape Instant Oral Biographies, by William Zimmerman, reviewed
by Dave Harrison......................................................................................110
Benjaya's Gifts, by M'haletta & Carmella B'Hahn, reviewed by
Betsy Mercogliano....................................................................................114
Video Review:
Hello! From Around the World - Ghana, reviewed by Chris
Mercogliano....................................................................................115
Fall 97:
The Modern School Movement by Paul Avrich, reviewed by Chris Mercogliano
....................................................................................................................................31
Letters To Vanessa On Love, Science and Awareness in an Enchanted World,
by Jeremy W. Hayward, reviewed by Frank Houde.............................75
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
How To Handle Bullies, Teasers And Other Meanies, by Kate Cohen-Posey,
reviewed by Ellen Becker..........................................................................82
W 98:
Two by Ellen Becker:
Children's Past Lives: How Past Life Memories Affect Your Child,
by Carol Bowman.............................................................................98
Wonderful Ways To Love A Grandchild, by Judy Ford.....................102
The Silver Pencil, by Alice Dalgliesh, reviewed by Connie Frisbee
Houde...........................................................................................................104
Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy!: Confronting Motherhood, Womanhood
& Selfhood In A Household Of Boys, by Karin Kasdin, reviewed by
Mary Leue........................................................................................106
Raising Kids With Just A Little Cash, by Lisa Reid, reviewed by Nancy Ost
..................................................................................................................................109
Spr 98:
How Circles Can Change Learning -The Way of Council, reviewed by John ............Lawry.............................................................................................................63
A Choice for our Children, by Alan Bonsteel and Carlos Bonilla,
reviewed by Dave Harrison.......................................................................80
The Teenage Liberation Handbook, by Grace Llewellyn, reviewed by Josh
Hornick..........................................................................................................83
A Search for the Historical Jesus, by Fida Hassnain, reviewed by Chris
Mercogliano..................................................................................................86
Su 98:
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 - W 99:
May You Never Stop Dancing, John Lawry, reviewed by Mary M. Leue......60
 
 
Poems (Adults and Children): Po
W 86:
John Holt is Dead, by Mary Leue,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,29
Spr 86:
Grandmother, byJenifer Miller, Alternative Community School..................22
Su 86:
The Wayfarer, by Stephen Crane.......................................................................36
Fall 86 - W 87:
Three Poems by Stephen Crane............................................................55, 79, 102
"Nothing New Under the Sun" Department: Four Epigrams by Hilaire
Belloc..........................................................................................................133
Su 87:
Two Old-Fashioned Poems:
The Dead Doll, by Margaret Vandergrift.............................................85
Seven Times One, by Jean Ingelow........................................................87
Su 89:
Mandi Bus Station, by Mary Leue......................................................................50
............We and They, a poem by Rudyard Kipling..............................................55
W 90:
Your Children Are Not Your Children, by Kahlil Gibran..........................cover
Philology, by Gene Lehman....................................................................................41
Resentment, by Charlene Liberata.....................................................................70
W 91:
To a Red Rose, Friends, by Josephine Blatt Pall.....................................27-28
Su 90:
Three by Charlene................................................................................................48
Su 91:
Dear Sachiko, by Meighan Carivan; Haikus: Fanon Frazier,
Mountains, by David Daniels, Boat Book, by Elizabeth Carivan.................57
W 92:
Two by Blake: The Garden of Love...................................................................33
The Little Vagabond.............................................................................................59
Su 92:
Six by Free School kids: Alyssa Ziencowicz, Monique Roberts, Elisha
Mittleman, Eve Minehan, Lily Mercogliano, Gabrielle Becker....................17
His, by Charlene Liberata..................................................................................25
Two by basil..........................................................................................................44
W 93:
Snoring, by Larry Becker...................................................................................36
The Song of Isaac, by Leonard Cohen............................................................148
Sisters, by Vivian James..................................................................................171
Su 93:
Two by Chris Mercogliano:
Nineteen Men; Coming Home.................................................................42
W 94:
Born Again, by Chris Mercogliano.......................................................................i
Poem by Betsy Mercogliano (Juice-bearers), Frank Houde , Gloria Knorr-
Post, Larry Becker (The Halls), and Ted Becker (Fire, Water, Air,
Earth) starting on p. 100
Su 94:
The Puzzle by Sanai...............................................................................................7
Where Are Witches? by Madeline Leue..........................................................39
Two poems, an excerpt by Primo Levi and a tribute to him.......................113
The Soul of the Holocaust, a poem by Ted Becker......................................115

And Sometimes by Ted Becker.........................................................................124

Spr 95:
Beauty Held by Gabrielle Becker.....................................................................57
Ian by Madeline Leue..........................................................................................64
I by Chris Mercogliano.....................................................................................106
All of a Sudden I Turned Into a Rainbow by Ghirmay Ghidei...................118
Su 97:
Poem: How Do I Hear God Calling?, by Chris Mercogliano.........................73
Fall 95:
Ted Becker (Stone, Two Humbugs, Fun, Bed), Hannah Mossop (Hamsters,
Winter), Nicole Korzyk (Chocolate).....................................................18
My World, Lee Kweller................................................................................................. 124
 
Schools: S
F 85:
New Salem Academy: Alternative Schools - Where Are We Now? by
,,,,,,,,,,,,Nathaniel Needle........................................................................................1
First Days of Shaker Mountain School (part 1), by Jerry Mintz..............43
W 86:
Upattinas School: Why Upattinas?, by Sandy Hurst......................................1
First Days of Shaker Mountain School (part 2), by Jerry Mintz..............62
Spr 86:
The Alternative Community School, Ithaca, New York, by Dave Lehman…..1
Su 86:
Sudbury Valley School.............................................................................................1
F 86-W 87:
Learning Without Fear: L'Ecole d'Humanité, by Ernst Scagnet...................1
With Paul Geheeb from the Odenwaldschule to the Ecole
d'Humanité, by Edward Diller.............................................................................13
W 88:
A School with Soul(e), by Mabel Dennison..........................................................1
Su 89:
Profile: Central Park East Secondary School: Central Park East: An
...................Alternative Story, by Deborah Meier..........................................................1
W 90:
The Community School, Camden, Maine,by Emanuel Pariser.............................1
Su 90:
Metropolitan School of Columbus - A Twenty Year Perspective on
Alternative Schools, From One Person's Experience, by Lucia Vorys........2
History of The Free School (Part 1), by Mary M. Leue ……...........................….1
Su 91:
From Gadfly to Mainstream: The New Orleans Free SchoolTwenty
Years Later, by Bob Ferris....................................................................................1
An Experience in Froebel's Garden, by Elizabeth S. Cole............................80
The Community School, Camden, Maine: Maine Alternative
Gives Dropouts a Way Back, by Tom Verde.......................................................9
History of The Free School, Part 2, by Mary M. Leue................................122
W 92:
The Experience of Summerhill, by Albert Lamb.................................................1
The Emergence of Arthur Morgan School, by Ernest Morgan......................15
The Free School and the Planet School, by Keiko-san Yamashita................67
Su 92:
The Learning Community, by its students.........................................................49
La Farigola, Recollections, by Pura Perez.........................................................62
Sudbury Valley School.........................................................................................165
In the Belly of the Dragon: Hawthorne Valley Farm School......................176
Alternative Community High School of Ithaca..............................................197
W 93:
Memories; The Nature School, by Mario Jordana..............................................i
Inside Shaker Mountain School: Democratic School Governance, by

.....................Jerry Mintz......................................................................................................8

Two Schools, by Kevin Powell.............................................................................166
Su 93:
East Hill School .......................................................................................................1
Arthur Morgan School ...........................................................................................11
Kohl Open School in Forefront of Education Revolution, Dana Nichols.,,..16
W 94:
Rockland Project School: Reunion, by Alice Gerard............................................i
Children's Village: The Evolution of an Alternative School, by Kuniko Kato,
......................................................................................................................................7
New School of Northern Virginia:The Northern Virginia Writing project
..........by Vic Kryston..........................................................................................................10
Su 94:
The Community School, by staff members…………………………….......................………….………1
Stonesoup Journal, by Dan Huston……………………………………........................………………...……8
Miracle on 45th Street by Lydia Green…………………………………….................................21
New Folk School Starts In Maine by Jonathan Falk………………..........................26
W 95:
(no school profiles)
Spr 95:
Summerhill, A Children's Culture, by Matthew Appleton...............................74
Su 95:
Surnmerhill School: A New View of Childhood, Albert Lamb, ed..................99
Fall 95:
Upland Hills School: The Bridge, Ted Strunck 33
The Free School: Adventures Among the Granola People, Adam Adler........46
Su 96:
Summerhill, For - and For, Mary Leue.................................................................81
W 96:
East Hill School, in Andover, Vermont, by Jon & Laura Bliss, Leslie
Cassano, Katie Harris, Lyle Axel and Hunt Carlyle...........................................1
Shiprock Alternative High School, Santa Fe, New, Mexico: Thoughts
on Education by Bill Kaul........................................................................................9
A Program To Help Teen Parents Finish High School by Toni Mailloux......14
School with Forest and Meadow, by IkueTezuka, reviewed by Nancy Ost.17
Spr 96:
East Hill School: East Hill School Camp, Kelsey Marston..............................5
Su 96:
(no school profiles)
Fall 96:
Teaching at an Alternative School in Russia, by Ananda Kantner................94
Arthur Morgan School from the Viewpoint of a Former Student, by Paul
Houde.............................................................................................................99
W 97:
(no school profiles)
Spr. 97:
(no school profiles)
Su 97:
Takes a Community, by Sarah Scott (The Community School).....................46
F 97:
The Modern School Movement and The Stelton School, as described by a
....... participant : Interview With Jon Scott, by Chris Mercogliano, Larry
......................Becker and Mary Leue...................................................................................1
Reports on various schools Kilquhanity (Albert Lamb), Hadera (David
Gribble), Venice Community School (Amy Cooke)...............................,..xiv - xix
Larry Welshon: Alpine Valley School....................................................xx - xxvi
Northfield Alternative Learning Center (David Bly),,School Around Us
(Claudia Berman), New School of Northern Virginia (John Potter), Window
on theTrees (Bizy Kubala and Lisa Fox)........................................xxvii - xxxiv
W 98:
A Morning At East Hill School: Other Ways of Learning, by Jack
Coleman.....................................................................................................................77
Spr 98:
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:
An Interview with Akira-chan by his father, John Potter (Part 2)..............1
Why Alternative Education? An Interview with Dayle Bethel, by Maura
..........Hurley, Japanese Environmental Exchange..............................................8

F 98 - W 99:

Five Alternative Schools .....................................................................................xi
South Street Centre, by Betsy Herbert...........................................................16
PSCS: A School Where Learning is Rooted in Joy, Supported by Growth,
.......... and Nurtured by Community, by Robin Martin......................................38
 
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