by Andrew Pappin Schools take 15,000 hours from our lives. 15,000 hours that could have been used for the following: running, jumping, kissing, thinking, taking a hike, building something, taking something apart, having an adventure, introspecting, taking a standardized test, conversing, … Continue reading
By Lucia Smith (UK) Do you think that your child will receive quality education from school? Do you also think that he/she will take deep interest in studies if asked to stay for over five hours in a classroom? Every parent … Continue reading
An original article by Estelle.Shuman We live in an age of personalized apps and media where we can control our social lives and entertainment choices to our exact specifications. People, especially young people, lead increasingly individualistic lives, yet they are all expected … Continue reading
Here's one example of a highly successful "unschooled" adult. Kate Fridkis is 26 years old, is happily married, lives in New York City, has a master’s degree in religion from Columbia University, is a part-time chazzan (cantor) at a synagogue (a job … Continue reading
The biggest challenge to unschoolers: standing up to social norms. This past fall, I conducted a survey of 232 “unschooling” families who have children older than 5 years. This is the last in a series of three reports on that … Continue reading
By Bethany Gardiner – Special to CNN April 10, 2012 — Updated 1435 GMT (2235 HKT) (CNN) – Editor's Note: Bethany M. Gardiner, M.D., is a pediatrician and author of "Highlighting Homeschooling," (http://www.stickytapepress.com/) which guides parents through the educational options available … Continue reading
A friend who has always thought of me as being crazy for willingly unschooling my kids asks me one day, "How do you do unschooling?" Why the sudden interest? I'm curious. "The school thing isn't going so well," she admits. … Continue reading
I am Chloe, I have been educating myself since I was 9 years old. Instead of schoolwork or "homework" I spent my time doing other things. Instead of Phys. Ed. I was riding my bike with my brothers or friends … Continue reading
Why 232 families chose to trust their children's educative instincts Published on March 26, 2012 by Peter Gray in Freedom to Learn This is the second in a series of three reports on a survey of unschooling families that I conducted in the … Continue reading
Prime Minister David Cameron is setting out proposals to speed up the adoption process in England, ahead of the launch of the government's "Adoption Action Plan" next week. Local authorities will be told not to delay adoptions "in a search … Continue reading
