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ROOM 13
by David Gribble
Room 13 is a pupil-run studio in a primary school in Scotland. It has exhibited at Tate Modern, but it is remarkable for much more than its art.
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SUMMERHILL: POSSIBLY THE MOST INSPECTED SCHOOL IN THE WORLD
by Matthew Appleton
Matthew Appleton, a former Summerhill houseparent, writes about his impressions of the school.
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BREAKING AN OATH
by Maria Kopta
This account is by a young Austrian who was educated entirely by her parents, in Austria and Turkey.
When she was considering a career, she took a placement in a school.
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Have you ever wondered what it is really like at Eton? Some of the privileges are described here.
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Ricardo Semmler runs a business in Brazil where everyone decides what work to do, when to do it and how much they will get paid. He has written a book about it called The Seven-day Week-end . Now they have started a school.
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BOOK REVIEWS
Let our Children Learn
Tony Brown, Michael Foot and Peter Holt
Education Now, £8.95
A fascinating account of what happened when three retired teachers with supposedly "old-fashioned" ideas worked together for two days in a primary school.
Leave me Alone
Joanna Gore
Libertarian Education, £6.95
Joanna, as an adult, spent three months in a primary school in the role of a child. What she found out was both predictable and astonishing.
Revolution within
Sammy Kunina
Praxis, £8
Sammy Kunina has a passionately libertarian approach to parenting.
The School I'd Like
Catherine Burke and Ian Grosvenor
Routledge- Falmer £16.99
The Guardian newspaper invited children to tell them about the school they would like, and this book tells of their responses.
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