{"product_id":"school-was-our-life-9780253033024","title":"School Was Our Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Drawing on her own experiences 75 year ago and those of her classmates, researchers and many others, [Jane Roland Martin] has made it clear why we, even though she and the rest of us privileged to have gone through Little Red can't write cursive and never had to memorize facts and figures, are \"The Lucky Ones.\" She draws on memories of everything from class trips, to writing poetry, to group singing to explain why much of the conventional literature about progressive education has missed the story. If it's too late for you to apply (or send your children and\/or grandchildren) to Little Red, read \u003ci\u003eSchool Was Our Life: Remembering Progressive Education\u003c\/i\u003e. It's the next best thing.\"—Victor S. Navasky, publisher emeritus of \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This sparkling, intimate, and delightfully written memoir demonstrates conclusively how and why elementary education should be designed to fit the natural growth of the human mind.\"—E.O. Wilson author of \u003ci\u003eThe Social Conquest of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Drawing on her own experiences 75 years ago and those of her classmates, researchers and many others, [Jane Roland Martin] has made it clear why we, even though she and the rest of us privileged to have gone through Little Red can't write cursive and never had to memorize facts and figures, are \"The Lucky Ones.\" She draws on memories of everything from class trips, to writing poetry, to group singing to explain why much of the conventional literature about progressive education has missed the story. If it's too late for you to apply (or send your children and\/or grandchildren) to Little Red, read \u003ci\u003eSchool Was Our Life: Remembering Progressive Education\u003c\/i\u003e. It's the next best thing.\"—Victor S. Navasky, publisher emeritus of \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \/ Estelle R. Jorgensen\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. Remembering Little Red\u003cbr\u003e2. Child-Friendly Schools\u003cbr\u003e3. The We've Been There and Done It Fantasy \u003cbr\u003e4. Close Encounters of an Educational Kind\u003cbr\u003e5. Buried Treasure\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400577098071,"sku":"9780253033024","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253033024.jpg?v=1730471024","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/school-was-our-life-9780253033024","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}