Home Photos

BOOK LAUNCH

LREI
School Was Our Life with Jane Roland Martin '47 - 5/31, 6PM
LREI and Jane Roland Martin ‘47 invite you to join us for the book launch of School Was Our Life: Remembering Progressive Education.  Join us at 272 Sixth Avenue on Thursday, May 31st at 6:00pm. The event will begin with a cocktail reception and book signing followed by a reading and Q+A with Jane.

About the book: The late 1930s and early 1940s were the peak of progressive education in the United States, and Elisabeth Irwin's Little Red School House in New York City was iconic in that movement. For the first time, stories and recollections from students who attended Little Red during this era have been collected by author Jane Roland Martin. Now in their late eighties, these classmates can still sing the songs they learned in elementary school and credit the progressive education they loved with shaping their outlooks and life trajectories. Martin frames these stories from the former students "tell it like it was" point of view with philosophical commentary, bringing to light the underpinnings of the kind of progressive education employed at Little Red and commenting critically on the endeavor. In a time when the role of the arts in education and public schooling itself are under attack in the United States, Martin makes a case for a different style of education designed for the defense of democracy and expresses hope that an education like hers can become an opportunity for all.

Please RSVP on Eventbrite by visiting: lreiprogressive.eventbrite.com

Order your book on Amazon by clicking HERE

If you would like to RSVP or order your book by phone or email, please contact Elisabeth Mendez or Violeta Picayo ‘09 at alumni@lrei.org or 212-477-5316 ex. 269.
Back

Recent Lower School News

List of 5 news stories.

Recent Middle School News

Recent High School News

List of 5 news stories.

Little Red School House
and Elisabeth Irwin High School

LREI. Powered By Questions.

List of 1 items.

  • Since 1921