What Are Schools For?

by Ron Miller

What Are Schools For? is a powerful analysis and critique of the historical context and forces that have shaped and still continue to influence contemporary mainstream American education. Miller explores the failure of our schools to educate and offers the alternative of a holistic approach that has deep roots in educational reform movements of the past two centuries. He argues that our schools will become effective only when they refocus on meeting the needs of students rather than the needs of the economy or the broader society.

Genres: Education

240 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1990

About the author

Ron Miller spent nearly thirty years as an educational scholar and activist, known internationally as a founder of the holistic education movement. He authored or edited nine books, established two journals, co-founded an alternative school, and was on the faculty of the progressive Education program at Goddard College. In 2011 he retired to run an independent bookstore in Woodstock, Vermont. He has served on the Vermont Commons editorial board since 2007.

Reviews

[Gea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Ron Miller. He is doing amazing work in the realms of home schooling, alternatives in learning, and holism. He is also editor of AERO magazine - Alternative Education Resource Organization. This is an excellent book on the history of schools.

[Zainal]

very important