The Lives of Children

The Lives of Children is a book by George Dennison about the First Street School, a small, alternative mini-school on the Lower East Side of New York City. The school had no administrators, four teachers, and 23 students of integrated racial background. The author establishes a philosophy of education and concept for future schools based on his experiences teaching there.

The Lives of Children

Author	George Dennison
Subject	Education
Published	1969 (Random House)
Pages	308
OCLC	29393

References

• Doll, William E. (March 1970). "Schools Are Killing... Vital Learning Force Natural to Every Child". The Phi Delta Kappan. 51 (7): 393–394. ISSN 0031-7217. JSTOR 20372683.
• Griffith, Francis (November 15, 1969). "Rev. of The Lives of Children". America. 121: 469–470. ISSN 0002-7049.
• Gross, Ronald (November 9, 1969). "The Great Secret of Education (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". Chicago Tribune Book World. p. 17. ISSN 1085-6706.
• Hentoff, Nat (March 7, 1970). "Books: Golden School Days (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". The New Yorker. pp. 116–120.
• Holt, John (October 9, 1969). "To the Rescue (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". The New York Review of Books. 13: 27–30, 35–36. ISSN 0028-7504.
• Janssen, Peter A. (December 1, 1969). "Teaching Freedom (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". Newsweek. 74: 96, 98. ISSN 0028-9604.
• Keohane, Mary (November 28, 1969). "A Walk Through the 13th Century (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". Commonweal: 285–286. ISSN 0010-3330.
• Kohl, Herbert (September 14, 1969). "School Was a Friendly Place (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". The New York Times Book Review: BR37. ISSN 0362-4331.
• Kohl, Herbert (March 1975). "Is It Enough to Change the Schools?". American Libraries. 6 (3): 158. ISSN 0002-9769. EBSCOhost 4977125.
• Kogan, Maurice (October 1972). "Perfectibility or Productivity?". Encounter. pp. 75–78.
• O'Gorman, Ned (October 27, 1969). "Extravagant Passions (Rev. of The Lives of Children)". The Nation. 209: 447. ISSN 0027-8378.
• Popper, Samuel H. (April 1970). "Rev. of The Lives of Children". The Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. 54 (345): 130–136. doi:10.1177/019263657005434516. ISSN 2471-3317. S2CID 144869311.
• Shuman, R. Baird (October 1970). "The Problem and the Promise: A Review Article (Revs. of The Lives of Children and The Diary of A. N.: The Story of the House on West 104th Street)". Elementary English. 47 (6): 829–832. ISSN 0013-5968. JSTOR 41387698.
• Wagschal, Peter H. (November 15, 1969). "Schools Make News". Saturday Review. Vol. 52. p. 92.
• Wozencraft, Marian (September 15, 1969). "Rev. of The Lives of Children". Library Journal. 94: 3035.
• "Rev. of The Lives of Children by George Dennison". Kirkus Reviews. September 18, 1969. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

External links

• Full text at the Internet Archive