Francisco Ferrer and the Escuela Moderna

What was the Tragic Week? Who was Francisco Ferrer?

A painting by Flavio Costantini remembers Ferrer's execution on 13 October 1909.

Ferrer's book, The Origin and Ideals of the Modern School

• Here is an essay by Emma Goldman on Ferrer and the Modern School. here

• Francisco Ferrer by Voltairine De Cleyre, from her Collected Works .

• More information can be found in these excerpts from a book by Murray Bookchin look here
  

• A library collection dedicated to Ferrer at the University of California in San Diego is here
  

• The Haute Ecole Francisco Ferrer in Brussels, Belgium is here
  
• The Federation Anarchiste's "Groupe Francisco Ferrer" in Lorient, France is here
  
• A page about Ferrer and rationalist education from an australian perspective is here.

What was Ferrer's legacy in Spain?

What about Modern Schools in North America?

• To learn about the Ferrer Modern School in Stelton,New Jersey look here
  

• See also a review in Rutgers' Daily Targum here
  

• A similar archive of Joseph Ishill's modern school publications is at this University of Michigan collection:
  

• Former Modern School students meet every September in New Jersey. Here are a few reports on these reunions. 1995 and 1996 and 1998
  

Who are some of the personalities of the Modern School?

• Alfred Levitt was a student at the first (American) Modern School in New York. He continues to promote the Modern School idea at the age of 104.
• Man Ray, a student of Robert Henri at the New York Modern School. He became one of the pioneers of the American Avant Garde and one of the most important artists and photographers of his day.
  

Anarchists! Where do you keep your bombs?

How can you be against all authority? What about discipline?

• Click here for one teacher's point of view on the subject.
• Here is Jesse Cohn's essay on the teaching profession.
• Here is the Anarchist Teachers page from the Mid-Atlantic Infoshop in Baltimore.

Youth Liberation? What's that?

• For a pamphlet by Critical Mess Media, look here
• For an article by Su Negrin, look here
• Liberated Existance asks "Why Skools? Why not True Self Development?"

Where can I find a disscussion group on anarchist education?

• What about Anarchist Social Studies? look here

Are there some more recent examples of liberated education?

• A Free School in Ottawa, 1985 click here
  
• The Elizabeth Cleaners Street School in New York, 1972 click here

What is currently happening with alternative education?

What about Summerhill?

A newer version is here

How can this work in today's public schools??

• click here to see a list of sites than this page is linked to.

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