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== Early life ==
Holt was born on April 14, 1923 in [[New York City]];<ref name="nyt obit">{{cite web |title=JOHN HOLT, AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR, DIES AT 62 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/15/us/john-holt-author-and-educator-dies-at-62.html |first=William R. |last=Greer |work=The New York Times |date=September 15, 1985}}</ref> he had two younger sisters.<ref name="free range bio">[https://freerangelearning.com/index.php/john-holt John Holt biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802154025/https://freerangelearning.com/index.php/john-holt |date=2021-08-02 }}, Free Range Learning</ref> He attended [[Phillips Exeter Academy]], then attended [[Yale University]], graduating in 1943.<ref name="nyt obit" /> Directly after graduating he enlisted with the [[United States Navy]], and served in [[World War II]] on the submarine [[USS Barbero (SS-317)|USS ''Barbero'']].<ref name="nyt obit" /><ref name="free range bio" /> He was discharged in 1946, then joined the [[United World Federalists]], an organization that promoted world peace through the formation of a single world government. He rose up the ranks of the organization, and served as the executive director of the group's New York State chapter when he left in 1952 due to frustration with the organization's lack of progress.<ref name="nyt obit" /><ref name="free range bio" />
== Teaching career ==
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== From homeschooling to unschooling ==
Holt became disillusioned with the school system after several years of working within it; he became convinced that reform of the school system was not possible and began to advocate [[homeschooling]]. He believed that "children who were provided with a rich and stimulating learning environment would learn what they are ready to learn, when they are ready to learn it".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.essortment.com/john-caldwell-holt-author-53781.html |title=Who Is John Caldwell Holt: Author |publisher=Essortment.com |date=1986-05-16 |access-date=2017-07-09 |archive-date=2015-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710204644/http://www.essortment.com/john-caldwell-holt-author-53781.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Holt believed that children did not need to be coerced into learning; they would do so naturally if given the freedom to follow their own interests and a rich assortment of resources. This line of thought came to be called [[unschooling]].
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