Peter H Hennessy is a retired teacher of high school History in Ontario, Canada and Professor of Education at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Over the past 35 years he has been a researcher and writer on themes of social and education reform in the United States and Canada.
Here is a listing of Peter Hennessy's works which are now available online.
From Student to Citizen [ISBN 0973670568] is a call for radical reform of the principles and practices of public schooling.
Peter H Hennessy argues the case that public schooling in North America fails to cultivate in its students the independence of mind and moral autonomy needed for robust citizenship in a democracy.
Escaping North Hastings
A personal recollection of a life that began as one of 11 children on a poor farm in North Hastings County, Ontario. This story is one of struggle to escape those childhood circumstances and develop a skill in commenting on public education.
To download the text, go to page Memoirs
