by Lisa Cooley and Brendan Heidenreich Those who are familiar with alternative education can find many stories of successful learning beyond school. But many young people remain in …
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A Brief Biography of a Latter-Day Unschooler
by Charles Warcup, Germany I should like to share these remarks as a snapshot of what, as I suspect, mirrors the experience of many people who attended ‘normal’ or relatively normal schools. Why …
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Self-directed learning IS the pursuit of happiness
MAP'ing the Tipping Point by David Lane In his blog, “Freedom to Learn,” Peter Gray explains an impending educational tipping point: “the point at which everyone knows several families who have left …
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On the Virtue of Self-Directed Learning
by Sophia Tenaglia I first began homeschooling in 2009, right after the end of third grade. Up until that point, I had been enrolled in a really wonderful private Montessori school. (The Montessori …
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This is not a school
by Ben Draper We opened the Macomber Center in 2012 as a resource center for self-directed learners. Most of us had come from a democratic school background so naturally some people assumed that we …
Why rush them?
by Kerry McDonald My newly-minted one-year-old is learning to walk. Increasingly and more boldly, he will grab a grown-up's hand and take the lead on where to go. His confidence is building, …
Talking Stick Learning Center: The Bigger Picture
by Katie O'Connor If you look at the bigger picture, the experiences we parents and educators provide now for our youth affect who they will be when they become adults. In a cliché way, it is as if …
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Why Homeschoolers Are Winning
Homeschooling is growing at breakneck speed. It’s the fastest growing form of education. Soon 4% of U.S. students will be homeschooled, that’s 2.5 million children! To put that in perspective, the …
What is an alternative to school?
by Peter Bergson We at AlternativesToSchool.com are well aware that the “one-size-fits-all” approach to self-directed learning is no more appropriate than it is for traditional schooling. As a …
ADHD and School: The Problem of Assessing Normalcy in an Abnormal Environment
by Peter Gray According to the most authoritative recent data, approximately 8% of children in the United States, aged 4 to 17, have been diagnosed as having ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity …