Jerry Mintz

No Homework and Recess All Day Jerry Mintz

No Homework and Recess All Day: How to Have Freedom and Democracy in Education

Jerry Mintz, director of AERO and a world-wide authority on alternative education, has spent most of his life promoting learner-centered education and the empowerment of children. In his book, No Homework and Recess All Day: How to Have Freedom and Democracy in Education, Jerry draws on his long experience as director of a democratic school and also on his intimate relationship with democratic schools around the world to give an overview of this growing movement. If you've ever thought of attending a democratic school, enrolling your child in a democratic or alternative school, starting a democratic school, helping your school become more democratic, or teaching your child at home, then this is the book for you.