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by Tracy Barsamian Ventola Last fall, we quit formal schooling. We stopped dragging our seven-year-old daughter—kicking and screaming—out of bed each morning. We no longer held our breath each …
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There are numerous ways in which people of all ages can grow and learn outside of school–developing their skills, pursuing their interests, and becoming happy, productive and useful members of …
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by Saira Siddiqui For some time now my family has followed a ‘relaxed’ approach to homeschooling, also know as unschooling. There’s been a lot of curiosity about what that term means, and what …
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by Shannon Hayes It was less than a week after I’d defended my Ph.D. dissertation when I sat down at my computer to complete Cornell University’s online graduate placement questionnaire. …
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Tutoring session for potential geniuses. by Lenore Skenazy This is a plea for standing back and letting childhood happen. When we care about our children’s safety and success, but do not obsess to …
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by Ben Hewitt (previously published on March 19, 2014 at www.benhewitt.net) I went out last night to visit my friend Paul, and we sat around his kitchen table for a couple hours, solving all our …
By Jan Hunt Because few of today's unschooling parents were unschooled themselves, they may have many fears about their own competence to create a rewarding learning environment. These fears are …
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Originally published on February 24, 2010 by Peter Gray in Freedom to Learn The general assumption in our culture is that children must be taught to read. Vast amounts of research go into …
