Alle origini di Un anno a Pietralata: Albino Bernardini collaboratore di «Riforma della scuola»

Albino Bernardini was an elementary school teacher and writer who worked to change the Italian school in an inclusive and democratic way. In 1968 he published his first book, Un anno a Pietralata [A Year in Pietralata], which became famous thanks to the director Vittorio De Seta, who inspired him to create the television series Diario di un maestro [Diary of an Elementary School Teacher]. In the various studies dedicated to Bernardini, the phase that preceded the publication of the first book remained largely in the background. It was an important formative period, in which Bernardini’s participation in the editorial staff of the pedagogical journal «Riforma della scuola» [School Reform] was decisive for his subsequent work. This article aims to deepen this collaboration, examining the many articles published, their contents, influences and links with books published later.