Unschooling

Eighth Grade Out!

Kenneth Danford | Posted 05.09.2012

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Somewhere along the 12-year stint of schooling, students need the challenge of answering, "What do I really want to learn? What kind of help do I need to pursue my dream?" Considering those questions is the seed for maturity.

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Unschooling Shouldn't Be Child-Centered

Pamela J. Stubbart | Posted 05.20.2012

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Advocates of unschooling and critics alike seem to understand the practice as a radically "child-centered" form of education. However, this distorts the vision of unschooling's intellectual father.

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I Am Not for Homeschooling, I Am It

Kate Fridkis | Posted 11.01.2011

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Thinking differently from most people about school is just part of my identity. How could I not? I grew up without school. My reality is different.

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The Classroom Of An 'Unschooler,' Who Learns By Not Going To School

AP | By LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 10.29.2011

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-- School's never out for 14-year-old Zoe Bentley. Nor is it ever in. The perky teen from Tucson, Ariz., explores what she likes, when she likes as ...

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Refusing to Be Normal: A Homeschooler's Take on Mainstreaming Alternative Education

Kate Fridkis | Posted 08.22.2011

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When people emphasize that homeschoolers are normal, that we fit in, I find myself feeling a little frustrated. For just a moment, I find myself thinking, "We aren't just like everyone else! Our lives are a wild adventure!"

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No Homework and Never a Test - The Life of an Unschooler

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.06.2011

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We don't have as much pressure from school and friends telling us what to like, so it's our responsibility to figure out how to spend our time.

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Are Homeschoolers Hopeless Idealists?

Kate Fridkis | Posted 07.03.2011

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Homeschooling requires bravery. You have to be willing to be different. You will have to answer a lot of questions that start with the words, "But socialization...."

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Why Not Empower Parents with the Dollars to Reform Education?

Lisa Nielsen | Posted 05.25.2011

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If parents wanted to put together learning co-ops they could pool their money to do that. Parents and their children, rather than the government, would determine what was best for each family.

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Should Home Schoolers Take Tests For Tax Breaks?

Kate Fridkis | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the problems with comparing school and everything that "unschooling" encompasses is that, well, they aren't comparable.

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Homeschooling: For Trendy Brooklynites? Or People Like Me?

Kate Fridkis | Posted 05.25.2011

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School and home are never really perfectly balanced alternatives to one another. They aren't opposites. School is controllable and uniform to an extent that unschool can't possibly be.

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Unschooling : How Good Morning America Got It All Wrong

Lee Stranahan | Posted 11.17.2011

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Unschooling is a type of homeschooling that promotes organic, self-directed learning without the structure of traditional education. My family has unschooled our kids for over a decade.

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Who Needs School? Interview with A 17-Year-Old "UnSchooler" (VIDEO)

Lee Stranahan | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sanda Dodd is an renowned advocate of unschooling who lives in New Mexico. Here's an interview with her youngest, 17-year-old Holly, followed by two segments with Sandra herself.

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