March 18, 2024

Get Herb Kohl’s New Anthology for Free & Signed at CMK 09!

Herb Kohl Reader Register by June 5th & get a free copy of the Herb Kohl Reader!

Very few living educators have earned their own anthology. Herb Kohl just did.

After more than 40 years of teaching and more than 40 published books, Herb Kohl’s remarkable canon was recently honored in “The Herb Kohl Reader: Awaking the Heart of Teaching.”

Register for Constructing Modern Knowledge by June 5th and you will receive a copy of this fantastic new book when you arrive at the summer institute.


A recipient of the National Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, Herbert Kohl was a founder and the first director of the Teachers & Writers Collaborative in New York City

Mr. Kohl received a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Harvard University; a Master’s degree in special education from Teacher’s College, Columbia University; and was a Henry Fellow at Oxford in philosophy. He began his teaching career in Harlem in 1962. In his distinguished career, he has taught every grade from kindergarten through college.

Kohl served as the Eugene Lang Visiting Professor for Social Change at Swarthmore College during the 2005-06 academic year. Prior to that, Kohl was the director of the Institute for Social Justice and Education in the University of San Francisco’s School of Education. He has also worked as a Senior Fellow at the Open Society Institute

Herb Kohl

Kohl is the Editor for the important Classics in Progressive Education book series and his recent book, Painting Chinese: A Lifelong Teacher Gains the Wisdom of Youth, is the perfect complement to Constructing Modern Knowledge.

Take a look at some of the classic books written by Herb Kohl or read Gary Stager’s interview with him, Landscape of a Lifetime.


Register for Constructing Modern Knowledge today!