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Patrick Farenga is a writer, publisher, and education activist who worked closely with the late author and teacher John Holt and continues his work today as the president of HoltGWS LLC.
Holt founded Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS), the nation’s first periodical about homeschooling, unschooling, and learning outside of school, in 1977. Pat continued publishing it from Holt's death in 1985 until it ceased publication in 2001.
Pat speaks as a homeschooling expert at education conferences around the world, as well as on commercial radio and television talk shows.
Pat is the author of many books, articles, and videos about homeschooling and unschooling (Holt's preferred term for learning without school curricula). He wrote the entries about homeschooling for the International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd Edition (Elsevier, 2010) and the online edition of Encyclopedia Britannica (2012). As a publisher, Pat's work includes reprinting Holt’s Escape From Children: The Needs and Rights of Children (HoltGWS, 2013) and as co-editor, contributor, and publisher of an original title, The Legacy of John Holt: A Man Who Genuinely Understood, Trusted, and Respected Children (HoltGWS, 2013). His most recent books are Teach Your Own (Hachette, 2021) and Growing Without Schooling, Vol. 5 (HoltGWS, 2023).
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