Summerhill School
I love getting a good bargain. At our local library I found, without looking, Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood
This is one of the books I’ve been recommended to read time and time again. The real Summerhill School is one that I’ve heard mentioned in a few of the sites I visit online. John Holt was influenced by a lot of Neill’s ideas on freedom and education. I can’t wait to get started reading it, along with the dozen or so other books on my pile. *laughs*
Summerhill School is a progressive, co-educational, residential school, founded by A. S. Neill in 1921; in his own words, it is a ‘free school’ though this does not mean, alas, that it is state funded. The freedom Neill was referring to was the personal freedom of the children in his charge. Summerhill is first and foremost a place where children can discover who they are and where their interests lie in the safety of a self-governing, democratic community.
Summerhill school, 
unschooling, 
books,
June 26th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
It’s good idea to pay attention when a book just “jumps” into your hand like that–cool!
June 27th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
It’s very easy to read, even for a non-native speaker like me. It even inspired me to visit Summerhill last year - the school is still run by Neill’s daughter Zoe and last year, the book “Summerhill and A.S. Neill” (i guess it’s only avaiable in the Uk) was published with information about the present school life there.