A Free Range Childhood
Self Regulation at Summerhill School
By Matthew Appleton
An updated, insightful account of everyday life at Summerhill. This is the first major book to appear on the school since A.S. Neill’s 1960 bestseller inspired an international movement for alternative education. Through graceful and reflective writing, Appleton expands on Neill’s stirring call for educational freedom, and explains how the world’s most famous alternative school continues to demonstrate that children thrive in an atmosphere of freedom, trust and self-government.
"Matthew was a popular member of staff, allowing Summerhill to work its magic on him. This is a candid view of his time with us—it is a very enjoyable read, and it raises some important, if uncomfortable, questions about modern methods of childrearing."
--Zoe Readhead, Principal of Summerhill School and daughter of founder A.S. Neill.
"The reappearance of Summerhill on the world stage couldn’t be more timely. Matthew Appleton is an able guide, thanks to a prose filled with immediacy and passion. Old Neill would be proud."
--Chris Mercogliano, Co-director of the Albany Free School, and author of Making It Up As We Go Along: The Story of the Albany Free School.
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