Featured Book: The Unschooling Unmanual

Unschooling isn’t a technique – it’s living and learning naturally, lovingly, and respectfully together. The Unschooling Unmanual features 11 essays by 8 writers: Nanda Van Gestel, Jan Hunt, Daniel Quinn, Rue Kream, Kim Houssenloge, Earl Stevens, and Mary Van Doren. Through engaging personal stories, examples, and essays, the writers offer inspiration and encouragement for seasoned [...]

Germany: TV interview (video) in “Deutsch”

A three-part segment of the show with Günther Jauch-SternTV of yesterday evening, about the family and history of the Romeike Neubronner families regarding "homeschooling".

Dagmar and Tilman Neubronner were on site and discussed with Josef Kraus, president of the German Teachers Association on schooling and homeschooling.

the whole story in "Deutsch"…

From Music to Sports: Autonomy Fosters Passion Among Kids

ScienceDaily (Feb. 4, 2010) — Parents take heed: children and young adults are more likely to pursue sports, music or other pastimes when given an opportunity to nurture their own passion. According to a three-part study led by Geneviève Mageau, a psychology professor at the Université de Montréal, parental control can predict whether a child [...]

New on LFN blogroll: School Sucks Podcast: The END of Public Education

This is not a show about public school reform, because that would suck
nearly as much as school.
Brett Veinotte
The Podcast site

 
 
The website,
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The Autodidact Symposium

[ 12 March , 2010 14:00 to 14 March , 2010 18:00. ] a gathering for self-directed learners
Downtown Columbia, South Carolina
March 12-14 2010
au·to·di·dact (ô'tō-dī'dākt') n. A self-taught person.
sym·po·si·um (sĭm-pō'zē-əm) n. A conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject.

A gathering for unschooled young adults and families to create social networks, meet potential mentors, find resources, and make meaningful friendships.

Marriott Courtyard
Columbia, South Carolina
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East Tennessee Unschooled Summer Camp

[ 8 August , 2010 10:00 to 14 August , 2010 19:00. ]
Join us for our very first year of camp
August 8-14, 2010
Buffalo Mountain Camp location
what is ETUSC?

ETUSC is "East Tennessee Unschooled Summer Camp" a 6 night summer camp for approximately 80 unschoolers ages 13-18.  There will be many activities, camper run workshops, jam sessions, bonfires, swimming, kayaking, counselor mentoring, dancing every night, and much more.

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Cambridge University offers place to 14-year-old

Arran Fernandez, 14, with his offer from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Photograph: Neil Fernandez/handout/PA

A 14-year-old maths prodigy is on the verge of breaking a 237-year-old record by becoming the youngest Cambridge University undergraduate since William Pitt the Younger.

Arran Fernandez, from Surrey, has been offered a conditional place at Fitzwilliam College after passing the university's entrance exams.
The [...]

Deschooling For Parents

From 'An Unschooling Life' blog
In order for homeschooling ~ unschooling to work for us, I had to go through my own deschooling process, which was more deep rooted and tangled up than my kids deschooling was for them. Because I went to school longer than they had, and knowing the public school system from both [...]

Germany Violating Basic Human Rights says Immigration Judge in homeschooling Case

Press Release of the HSLDA:

In a case with international ramifications, Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman granted the political asylum application of a German homeschooling family. The Romeikes are Christians from Bissinggen, Germany, who fled persecution in August 2008 to seek political asylum in the United States. The request was granted January 26 after a hearing [...]

The Dramatic Rise of Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents: Is It Connected to the Decline in Play and Rise in Schooling?

Source: Freedom to Learn blog by Peter Gray

Children are more anxious and depressed than ever before. Why?

Rates of depression and anxiety among young people in America have been increasing steadily for the past fifty to seventy years. Today five to eight times as many high school and college students meet the criteria for diagnosis [...]

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