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Daniel Greenberg (educator)
Daniel A. Greenberg (28 September 1934 – 2 December 2021), was one of the founders of the Sudbury Valley School, has published several books on the Sudbury model of school organization, and has been described by Sudbury Valley School trustee Peter Gray as the "principal philosopher" among its founders. He was a former physics professor at Columbia University, and is described by Lois Holzman as the school's "chief 'philosophical writer'". Publications ;Books * 1964, ''Anaxagoras and the Birth of Physics'' with Daniel E. GershensonOCLC 899834* 1973, ''Announcing a New School: A Personal Account of the Beginnings of the Sudbury Valley School'', * 1974, ''Outline of a New Philosophy'', * 1987, ''Child Rearing'', * 1988, ''Early lessons : some recollections of my youth and what it taught me'', * 1991, ''Free at Last: The Sudbury Valley School'', * 1992, ''The Sudbury Valley School Experience'' with Hanna Greenberg, Michael Greenberg, Laura Ransom, Mimsy Sadofsky and Alan White, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudbury Valley School
The Sudbury Valley School was founded in 1968 by a community of people in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2019, there are several schools that state that they are based on the Sudbury Model in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Japan and Switzerland (for details see list of Sudbury schools). The model has three basic tenets: educational freedom, democratic governance and personal responsibility. It is a private school, attended by children from the ages of 4 to 19. History Sudbury Valley School was founded in 1968 by a community of people including Daniel Greenberg, Joan Rubin, Mimsy Sadofsky and Hanna Greenberg in Framingham. Greenberg aimed to create a school system that was just, psychologically comfortable, and self-governing with real-life being the primary source of learning. The school started the summer of 1968 with 130 students enrolled in a trial summer session before the school year start in September. During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The MetroWest Daily News
''The MetroWest Daily News'' is an American daily newspaper published in Framingham, Massachusetts, serving the MetroWest region of suburban Boston. The newspaper is owned by Gannett. The newspaper covers several cities and towns in Norfolk, Middlesex and Worcester counties. Until 1998 it was named for Middlesex County (most recently as the ''Middlesex News'') or for the then-town of Framingham (through most of the mid-20th century, as the ''Framingham News''). History Originally a locally owned evening newspaper, the ''News'' was purchased by the Harte-Hanks newspaper chain as its first foray into Massachusetts journalism, in 1972. By 1986, the paper sold 49,000 copies daily and 55,000 on Sunday,Adams, Jane Meredith. "Harte-Hanks Acquires Transcript Group". ''The Boston Globe'', March 14, 1986. and also published four Framingham-area weekly newspapers: the ''Town Crier'' papers in Sudbury, Wayland and Weston, and the ''Townsman'' in Wellesley. That year, Harte-Hanks add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Male Writers
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American Education Writers
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21st-century American Educators
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Columbia University Faculty
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2021 Deaths
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1934 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from US$20.67 per ounce to $35. * February 6 – F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mothering (magazine)
''Mothering'' magazine was a magazine published from 1976 to 2011. Its tagline was "the magazine of natural family living" and it had a printed circulation of 100,000. The magazine was located in southern Colorado from 1976 to 1978, in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1978 to 1984 and in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1984 to 2011. History ''Mothering'' was founded by Adeline Eavenson (now Cranson) in Ridgeway, Colorado in 1976. In 1980, the magazine was sold to Peggy O'Mara and John McMahon. In 1990, Peggy O'Mara became the sole owner of ''Mothering'' and was its editor and publisher until 2011. The November–December 2010 issue was the last printed issue of ''Mothering''. The last issue of ''Mothering'' magazine was the March–April 2011 issue. Content The magazine covered alternative childbirth options, and advocated breastfeeding, alternative education, homeschooling, co-sleeping and open discussion about the risks and benefits of vaccination. Journalist Emily Bazelon, who wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
