By Sara McGrath
A practical handbook on learning without school
Description
People who feel drawn to the philosophical ideals of unschooling often ask how to unschool. While acknowledging that each family approaches the unschooling lifestyle from a unique standpoint, I offer the details of my family’s experiences, along with specific advice for meeting legal requirements without sacrificing your [...]
From 'radio free school' blog
He's not a grown unschooler himself, but Blake Boles of www.unschooladventures.com works closely with the unschooling community and has written a book called College Without High School: A Teenager Guide to Skipping High school and going to College. In this interview, Boles shares about how he got interested in unschooling in [...]
High school can be boring. High school curriculum can be frustrating and out of touch.
So what is the answer for young people whose creativity, bright ideas, and boundless energy are being stifled in that over-scheduled and grade-driven environment?
What would you do if you could go to college without going to high school? Would you travel [...]
From 'radio free school' blog
I always have at least 30 books on the go at any given moment and one of the books that I'd like to suggest here is Robert Epstein's newest book Teen 2.0: Saving our children and Families from the Torment of Adolescence. The landmark Program for Awakening the Inner Adult in [...]
by Thomas on Open Education blog
One of the most firmly entrenched academic practices centers upon the use of textbooks as the fundamental drivers of curricula. Ultra-expensive, these items represent one of the largest costs for public school systems as well as those attending college.
As the digital age continues to work its way into the stuffy [...]
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 [...]
The Philosophical Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us about Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life
by Alison Gopnik. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009
Alison Gopnik, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, argues that far from being irrational and limited in their ability to think, babies are smarter, more imaginative and more conscious [...]
Authority:
Regardless of what the law or your teachers have to say about this, you are as human as anyone over the age of eighteen or twenty one. Yet, "minors" are one of the most oppressed groups of people in the U.S., and certainly the most discriminated against legally.
Teenage Liberation Handbook
by Grace Llewellyn
A powerful description of a life led respecting and trusting children
A new Canadian book will be launched at the end of this month that is a passionate and inspiring tale about trusting children to grow and learn with respect and without coercion. "For the Sake of Our Children" by Léandre Bergeron is [...]
