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New York:: Macmillan,, (1971). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (tear on back cover of dj, other minor edgewear). First printing. An account of a year the author spent with five 8th & 9th grade students at a mostly Black junior high school in Washington, D.C. - he calls these students… Read more about this item

New York:: Harper & Row,, (1983). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (some penciled underlining, mostly in the introduction, sunning to the spine of the dj). First printing. An account by one of the founders of a program designed to create a save place for teenagers who are "chronic underachievers" - runaways,… Read more about this item

New York:: Delacorte,, (1973). Hardcover first edition -. Good in a good dust jacket (some dampstaining to edges of back cover of dj, affecting the book slightly, original price of 7.95 still present - and a sturdy, tight copy) . First printing. A book aimed at the "amateurs" - parents and others who want to know… Read more about this item

New York:: Schocken,, (1974). Very good.. Trade paperback. An evaluation of A. S. Neill's contribution to educational practice, fifty years after the founding of Summerhill. A book which puts the radical ideas of Neill into the social and political context of our time. Photographs, bibliography, index. xii, 218 pp.

New York:: The New Press,, (1994). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A collection of five essays on education, especially urban public education (and its failures) by this innovative thinker. Foreword by Colin Greer. xvii, 153 pp.

New York:: Harper & Row,, 1969.. Hardcover -. Good in good dust jacket (some discoloration to bottom of textblock, short tears to dj) . Early printing. Attributes failure in school to faulty education; the main emphasis is on elementary schools, but the principles can be applied at all levels. Still very relevant - in the years since… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1986.). Very good in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, tear to upper edge of back cover.). Trade paperback. The controversial educator describes her teaching methods in a small school among the Maoris in New Zealand. Foreword by Maxine Hong Kingston. Photographs. 224 pp.

New York:: Hart Publishing Company, Inc., (1972.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, sunning to spine of dj.). First printing. Warm and very personal autobiography - and comments about his views on everything from reading to women, death, humor and the future - by the founder and head of the controversial school, Summerhill… Read more about this item

New York:: Norton,, (1974.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a hint of sunning to spine of dj.). First printing. A valuable book when it was first published, and in many ways, Dr Spock's calm common sense is even more needed now. Includes a chapter on drug (especially marijuana) use. 268 pp.

New York:: Pitman Publishing Corporation,, (1969.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (bookplate.). First printing. In this, his 4th book, Holt turns his attention to specific problems affecting American eduction - problems which are even more significant today than when he wrote this book. The chapter headings give a sense of the… Read more about this item

New York:: Bantam,, (1964.). Very good+.. Paperback. The controversial educator describes her teaching methods in a small school among the Maoris in New Zealand. Photographs. 191 pp.

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, 1992.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The second book by the author of "Snow Falling on Cedars" published after his first collection of short stories, and while he was still a high school teacher, who was homeschooling his own children. Notes on sources, further reading. 245 pp.… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1971.). Hardcover -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. 3rd printing. Herndon looks at the 'good' mostly white, upper-middle class public schools and discusses the fatal flaws in public education: the system deals with children in groups and in every group there are some winners and some losers. While the… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1986.). SIGNED -. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.. Trade paperback. The controversial educator describes her teaching methods in a small school among the Maoris in New Zealand. SIGNED by Maxine Hong Kingston at her foreword. Photographs. 224 pp.

New York:: Vintage Books,, (1974.). Good condition - light crease on front cover... Paperback. Autobiographical work by this innovative teacher, best known for her work with Maori children in her native New Zealand.

New York:: Hart Publishing Company, Inc., (1972.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good+ in very good dust jacket (lamination flaw to back cover of dj). First printing. Warm and very personal autobiography - and comments about his views on everything from reading to women, death, humor and the future - by the founder and head of the… Read more about this item

New York:: Macmillan,, (1965.). Hardcover -. Very good condition (lacking the dustjacket).. Book club edition. Another of Ginott's simply written but very helpful books on communicating with children. If you have children, or teach them, and haven't read Ginott, you should. Index. 219 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1972.. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. Autobiographical work by this innovative teacher, best known for her work with Maori children in her native New Zealand.

New York:: Devon-Adair,, 1964.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a very good dustjacket.. First printing. Based on the author's experiences in 2 schools in Los Angeles.

New York:: Hart Publishing Company, Inc., (1972.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good+ in very good dust jacket (bookplate, tape repair to spine of dj.). First printing. Warm and very personal autobiography - and comments about his views on everything from reading to women, death, humor and the future - by the founder and head of the… Read more about this item