In Remembrance: John Holt

September 14, 2015, marks the 30th anniversary of John Holt’s death and I’ve been conflicted as to what to write about it . . . As I thought about this anniversary I went through various books and files for inspiration and I came across the documentary slide show we created for the Growing Without Schooling 20th anniversary conference in 1997 . . .

John Holt Captioning Project

Help us make John Holt's videos accessible in other languages and to the deaf by joining our new video captioning project . . .

John Holt, Technology and Education, VideoPatrick FarengaNovember 25, 2014YouTube Captions, video, John Holt videoComment

John Holt on The Phil Donahue Show

This is the complete episode of John Holt and two homeschooling families contending with a fairly hostile audience (one person is so mean in their comments about one of the homeschooled children that Donahue cuts her off!). Though it is from 1981, I think all the criticisms, responses, and issues are pretty much the same today despite the continued growth of homeschooling. What do you think?

John Holt on Children as Scientists, Spelling, and Observing Learning

John Holt, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaJune 22, 2010How children learn, John Holt videoComment

Do you ask real questions or do you just quiz kids?

John Holt, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaMarch 29, 2010John Holt video, Question, john holt lecture, quizComment

“I beseech you: leave your child’s learning alone.”

Rare footage of John Holt speaking with a group of homeschoolers in Spokane, WA in the early 1980s.

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