Katy Purviance
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The Joy of Learning
Founder of Washington's first outdoor Self-Directed Education center. I write for parents leaving conventional school and teachers burning out inside it. Subscribe to learn what's really happening to kids, and why there's a better way.
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Schools Don't Just Fail the Kids Who Struggle. They Are Run by the Kids Who Didn't.
Schools Don’t Just Limit Unstructured Time for Kids. They Teach Children Their Hours Belong to Someone Else.
Schools Don't Just Fail to Teach Cooperation. They Teach Children That a Classmate's Success Is a Threat to Their Own.
The Reason You Haven't Pulled Your Kids From School Has Nothing to Do With Money
What If the Fight to Fix School Was Never the Right Fight?
For Most of Human History, No One Had to Teach a Child How to Learn
The School System Isn't Broken. It Was Built This Way.
Why the Best Teachers Are Suffering the Most, and What the Research Actually Says
Your Child Was Born Burning to Figure Things Out. School Taught Them to Stop.
Why I Built a Page on Our Website to Tell Some Parents We're Not Right for Them
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