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John Caldwell Holt: Instead of education (1976, Dutton) 4 stars

there is no end to learning, nor separation from doing

4 stars

A great rant on compulsory coercive educational institutions vs learning. Still entirely relevant on testing, ranking and grading, and the non-learning societal purposes of schools, but you can hear the exhaustion of repetitive railing against the system. Several inspiring models for alternative learning from specific teachers and model small institutions tucked in the middle, with that tired realism about whether education itself can center learning.