Prescott College's education program is hosting a book signing and talk with Chris Mercogliano, author and former co-director of the Albany Free School, at 6 p.m. on Monday, October 15, 2007 in the Prescott College Chapel, 220 Grove Ave. Access is at the rea r of the building. Mercogliano's most recent book, In Defense of Childhood: Protecting Kids' inner Wildness, was published in August to much acclaim. All are welcome free of charge. For more information please contact Mary Lin at (928)-350-4503.
Chris was a teacher at the renowned Albany Free School for thirty-five years, stepping 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).
ABOUT PRESCOTT COLLEGE
Prescott College offers a residential BA program at its main campus in Prescott, Arizona, as well as distance BA, MA, and PhD degrees. All programs emphasize student-directed, experience-based learning by doing, environmental and cultural awareness, and social responsibility. For more information please contact Mary Lin, M Ed, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, 928-350-4503,
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DIRECTIONS TO PRESCOTT COLLEGE
Directions: From I-17 southbound: HWY 169 to right on 69. Follow 69 into Prescott. From I-17 northbound: HWY 69 into Prescott. HWY 69 becomes Gurley St. Continue past Courthouse Square and turn right on Grove Ave (a few lights down). Take a left at Western Ave and immediate right onto alley. The Crossroads Center is on your left. Parking is to the left and right off the alley.
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