John Holt taught without being a trained teacher, in private and alternative schools. He observed keenly , read and communicated with school reformers, and recorded what he was learning and seeing in several books in the 1960's and '70s.
You can read his words directly in several places online, and the books are listed below those links. or will be, eventually
Here's a brief bio, by Arvind Gumpta: http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/DH8.pdf
Home Education Magazine has issues of Growing Without Schooling at their Unschooling.com site: http://www.unschooling.com/gws/
Sandra Dodd has a site with links and some book reviews: http://sandradodd.com/johnholt
The Holt Associates page, maintained by Pat Farenga: http://www.holtgws.com/
Foreign Editions and notes on the John Holt special collection at Boston Public Library
Biography and Bibliography on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holt_(educator)
