An Alternative Education Pioneer: Jerry Mintz founded the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) in 1989
Jerry Mintz has been a leading voice in the alternative school movement for over 30 years. In addition to his 17 years as a public and independent alternative school principal and teacher, he has also helped to found more than one hundred public and private alternative schools and organizations. In 1989, he launched the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) and since then has served as its director. He is the author of the 2017 book, School’s Over: How to Have Freedom and Democracy in Education .
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