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Chris was a teacher at the Albany Free School
for thirty-five years and stepped down as director in
June, 2007 to concentrate on writing and
speaking about non-controlling education and
childrearing. His essays, commentaries and
reviews have appeared in numerous publications,
as well as in four anthologies:
Challenging
the Giant (Down to Earth Books 1992),
Deschooling Our Lives (New Society Press
1996), Creating Learning Communities
(Foundation for Educational Renewal 2000), and
Field Day: Getting Society Out of School
(New Star Books 2003). He is also the author of
Making It Up As We Go Along, the Story of the
Albany Free School (Heinemann 1998),
Teaching the Restless, One School's Remarkable
No-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn
and Succeed (Beacon Press 2004),
How to
Grow a School: Starting and Sustaining Schools
That Work (Oxford Village Press 2006), and
In Defense of Childhood: Protecting Kids’
Inner Wildness (Beacon Press 2007).
Currently Chris is a regular columnist for
Encounter magazine. He has been featured on
National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,”
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio's
“Ideas,” and other nationally syndicated radio
shows. The father of two wonderful daughters, he
lives with his wife Betsy on a one-acre farm in
downtown Albany, New York.
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