School Was Our Life: Remembering Progressive Education

by Jane Roland Martin

Book Overview

The late 1930s and early 1940s were the peak of progressive education in the United States, and Elisabeth Irwin's Little Red School House in New York City was iconic in that movement. For the first time, stories and recollections from students who attended Little Red during this era have been collected by author Jane Roland Martin. Now in their late eighties, these classmates can still sing the songs they learned in elementary school and credit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253033020
• ISBN13: 9780253033024
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"