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Pat Farenga | |
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| Born | Patrick Farenga New York City,New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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| Known for | Advocating the modernhomeschooling movement |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | Personal website |
Patrick Farenga is an American writer and educational activist. He is known as a leading advocate of the modernhomeschooling movement which started in the 1970s.
Born inNew York City, Farenga worked closely with homeschooling leaderJohn Caldwell Holt on his Boston-based magazine,Growing Without Schooling (GWS). After Holt's death in 1985, he took over as publisher ofGWS and president of the parent company,Holt Associates.
Farenga is a prolific writer, and has authored or contributed to many of the other educational publications by Holt Associates. He has written articles for numerous publications includingMothering,Paths of Learning,Home Education, andThe Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. He contributed chapters toThe Encyclopedia of School Administration (1988) andA Parent's Guide To Homeschooling (2002). Among his works, Farenga is perhaps best known as the author ofThe Beginner's Guide To Homeschooling (1998) andTeach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling (2003). In addition to his homeschooling career, Farenga is also an accomplished pianist and saxophonist.
ThoughGWS ceased print publication in November, 2001, and his own three children have grown to maturity, Farenga continues to write and edit educational material, and remains an active homeschooling advocate and consultant.
Farenga has three children which heunschooled.
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