Everett W. Reimer (1910–1998[1]) was an education theorist who authored several books on educational policy and was a proponent of deschooling. He was a notable friend of Ivan Illich, whom he met at the Catholic University of Puerto Rico.
Everett Reimer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1910 |
| Died | 1998 |
| Occupation | Education theorist |
Everett did a variety of things as a young man, including selling maps, playing professional football, printing greeting cards, and working at a tire factory. During the Second World War he was a civil servant. After the war Reimer worked for the Atomic Energy Commission, for the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan, and for the Washington Research Center of the Maxwell School, University of Syracuse.[2]
After these jobs Reimer came to Puerto Rico as Secretary of Committee of Human Resources, and worked for the Alliance for Progress. Reimer met Ivan Illich in 1958 in Puerto Rico, where they jointly developed their philosophy of deschooling. Reimer then joined the Center for Intercultural Documentation (CIDOC), as the Director of the CIDOC seminar on Alternatives in Education.[2]
Books published edit
- Power for All or for None by Katherine and Everett Reimer (1998)
- Paperback: 348 pages
- Publisher: Inkworks Press Oakland, CA (1998)
- Language: English
- ASIN B0006R0WC8
- School is Dead: Alternatives in Education
- 176 pages
- Publisher: Penguin (1971)
- Language: English
- ISBN 0-14-080169-3
- Unusual ideas in education (Series B: Opinions / International Commission on the Development of Education) (Series B: Opinions / International Commission on the Development of Education)
- 11 pages
- Publisher: Unesco (January 1, 1971)
- Language: English
- ASIN B0007C5FTW
- Social problems associated with the development of Puerto Rico during the last two decades (January 1, 1960)
- Publisher: s.n. (January 1, 1960)
- Language: English
- ASIN B0007JY33E
- Venezuela's human resources (January 1, 1964)
- Problems of methodology in the investigation and planning of education [and] training in Venezuela (January 1, 1964)
- Three weeks in the life of a utopia (1976)
- Futuros alternativos (Serie de planificación)
- 110 pages
- Publisher: Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico; 1. ed edition (1976)
- Language: Spanish
- ISBN 0-8477-2434-4
- Social planning: Collected papers, 1957-68 (CIDOC cuaderno) (1968)
- Comprehensive educational planning in Puerto Rico (Comprehensive planning in state education agencies) (January 1, 1968)
- 103 pages
- Publisher: Office of Planning and Educational Development, Dept. of Education (January 1, 1968)
- Language: English
- ASIN B0007K2TJ8
References edit
- ^ The Golden Age of Homeschooling Archived 2006-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Reimer, Everett (1971). School is Dead: An Essay on Alternatives in Education. Penguin.
External links edit
- Whalesong.org review
- Amazon reviews of "School is Dead"
- Critical studies of schooling review
- Everett Reimer in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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