What is Holt Associates/Growing Without Schooling?
Holt Associates Inc. published Growing Without Schooling magazine and many books, articles, and other materials about homeschooling and the work of John Holt. John Holt (1923-85) was the author of ten books about education, including the classic of the 1960’s school reform movement, How Children Fail. He founded Growing Without Schooling magazine in 1977 as a way to support homeschooling families and to provide a forum for them to communicate with one another. Growing Without Schooling ended with the November/December 2001 issue. Pat Farenga, the publisher of GWS, and Susannah Sheffer, its longest serving editor, continue to speak at conferences nationwide and discuss homeschooling on radio and TV programs and in newspaper and magazine articles. We also run our own consultation service. In our work we emphasize children’s ability to learn without a formal curriculum, without mimicking school in the home. We focus on how people learn and how others can help them, and we stress the use o
Holt Associates Inc. published Growing Without Schooling magazine and many books, articles, and other materials about homeschooling and the work of John Holt. John Holt (1923-85) was the author of ten books about education, including the classic of the 1960’s school reform movement, How Children Fail. He founded Growing Without Schooling magazine in 1977 as a way to support homeschooling families and to provide a forum for them to communicate with one another. Growing Without Schooling ended with the November/December 2001 issue. Pat Farenga, the publisher of GWS, and Susannah Sheffer, its longest serving editor, continue to speak at conferences nationwide and discuss homeschooling on radio and TV programs and in newspaper and magazine articles. We also run our own consultation service. In our work we emphasize children’s ability to learn without a formal curriculum, without mimicking school in the home. We focus on how people learn and how others can help them, and we stress the use o
