The Lives of Children

The Lives of Children

Author	George Dennison
Subject	Education
Published	1969 (Random House)
Pages	308
OCLC	29393

The Lives of Children is a book by George Dennison about the First Street School, a small, alternative mini-school on the Lower East Side of New York City. The school had no administrators, four teachers, and 23 students of integrated racial background. The author establishes a philosophy of education and concept for future schools based on his experiences teaching there.

References

• Doll, William E. (March 1970). "Schools Are Killing... Vital Learning Force Natural to Every Child". The Phi Delta Kappan. 51 (7): 393–394. ISSN 0031-7217. JSTOR 20372683.
• Griffith, Francis (November 15, 1969). "Rev. of The Lives of Children". America. 121: 469–470. ISSN 0002-7049.
• Gross, Ronald (November 9, 1969). "The Great Secret of Education (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". Chicago Tribune Book World. p. 17. ISSN 1085-6706.
• Hentoff, Nat (March 7, 1970). "Books: Golden School Days (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". The New Yorker. pp. 116–120.
• Holt, John (October 9, 1969). "To the Rescue (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". The New York Review of Books. 13: 27–30, 35–36. ISSN 0028-7504.
• Janssen, Peter A. (December 1, 1969). "Teaching Freedom (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". Newsweek. 74: 96, 98. ISSN 0028-9604.
• Keohane, Mary (November 28, 1969). "A Walk Through the 13th Century (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". Commonweal: 285–286. ISSN 0010-3330.
• Kohl, Herbert (September 14, 1969). "School Was a Friendly Place (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". The New York Times Book Review: BR37. ISSN 0362-4331.
• Kohl, Herbert (March 1975). "Is It Enough to Change the Schools?". American Libraries. 6 (3): 158. ISSN 0002-9769. EBSCOhost 4977125.
• Kogan, Maurice (October 1972). "Perfectibility or Productivity?". Encounter. pp. 75–78.
• O'Gorman, Ned (October 27, 1969). "Extravagant Passions (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". The Nation. 209: 447. ISSN 0027-8378.
• Popper, Samuel H. (April 1970). "Rev. of The Lives of Children". The Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. 54 (345): 130–136. doi:10.1177/019263657005434516. ISSN 2471-3317. S2CID 144869311.
• Shuman, R. Baird (October 1970). "The Problem and the Promise: A Review Article (Revs. of The Lives of Children and The Diary of A. N.: The Story of the House on West 104th Street)". Elementary English. 47 (6): 829–832. ISSN 0013-5968. JSTOR 41387698.
• Wagschal, Peter H. (November 15, 1969). "Schools Make News". Saturday Review. Vol. 52. p. 92.
• Wozencraft, Marian (September 15, 1969). "Rev. of The Lives of Children". Library Journal. 94: 3035.
• "Rev. of The Lives of Children by George Dennison". Kirkus Reviews. September 18, 1969. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

External links

• Full text at the Internet Archive