New Educational Directions in the 1960s
- Popularity of A. S. Neill's Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing (1960), on working with a child's learning process, rather than against it; letting the child lead the way in his or her learning.
- Growth of "free schools" or alternative schools in the United States and abroad
- Increasing popularity of Waldorf and Montessori schools
- Political and educational demands became intertwined, especially for students and faculty of color