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Alternatives To School contributor, Gina Riley, Ph.D., follows up with many of the grown unschoolers who participated in the research study on grown unschoolers that she and Dr. Peter Gray conducted …
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Alternatives To School contributor, Gina Riley, follows up with many of the grown unschoolers who participated in the research study on grown unschoolers that she and Dr. Peter Gray conducted last …
by Pat Farenga More than one educator has said or written publicly that they have misgivings about forcing children to learn on demand in school; however, this is a minority view and students are …
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by Lisa Renee,The Synapse When I began this home education odyssey, I had read all the requisite inspirational literature regarding the endless possibilities. Examples of exceptional …
(An excerpt from the new book, The Art of Self-Directed Learning, by Blake Boles) Carsie Blanton grew up in rural Virginia where she played on the rolling grassy hills, hunted salamanders, read …
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Reports of autism cases per 1,000 children grew dramatically in the US from 1996 to 2007. Reports of autism have exploded over the past twenty years, leading some to believe that doctors are …
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by David Mills If you have read my post (The teacher who dared to step outside the box) and think my experiences as an adult are shocking, imagine what it is like to be a child within …
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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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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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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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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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 …
