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What Are Schools For?: Holistic Education in American Culture

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Ron Miller,the leading voice in American holistic education, explains the emergence of holistic education within the context of the historical development of American public education. Frequently used as a classroom text for education students, What Are Schools For? is a consise treatment of the values and issues that impact public education policy in America. This is a must read for parents, educators, and politicians who are concerned with current public policy that sacrafices the complex needs of children in favor of corporate demands for the consumer economy

Ron Miller, the leading thinker in the field of holsitic education, lays out the development of public edcucation in America and explains the emergence of holistic education within the cultural context. Frequently used as a text in college of education courses, What Are Schools For has been updated to address the current crisis in American education. This thoughtful book is a must for educators who are struggling to meet the needs of our children in a system that tends to reduce education to a servicing agent for economic interests

A great overview of the history of education along with a basic analysis of Holistic education and it underlying prFree Schools, Free People: Education and Democracy After the 1960sinciples and thinkers.

I read this back in college. It is an excellent history of the development of American education. I now have a "used" copy in my classroom and recommend it to any of my high school students interested in education. I wish every teacher and parent would read this book! After 20 years, it is still one of my favorite education books.

This is an excellent reference guide for all those on their way to becoming teachers-- Miller not only gives a sampling of the various cultural impacts on American education throughout history and the pioneers who pushed for them, he also provides students with valid reasons for holistic education.