Chris Mercogliano is an American author who writes about alternative education. Since 1973, he has been a teacher with the Albany Free School, eventually becoming its director Bibliography Mercogliano, Chris (1998). Making It Up As We Go Along: The Story of the Albany Free School. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Mercogliano, Chris (2003). Teaching the Restless: One School's Remarkable No-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn and Succeed. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. Mercogliano, Chris (2006). How to Grow a School: Starting and Sustaining Schools That Work. New York, NY: Oxford Village Press. Mercogliano, Chris (2007). In Defense of Childhood: Protecting Kids' Inner Wildness. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. References External links Personal website American education writers American male non-fiction writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)