School’s Out
Why Families Are Choosing Unconventional Education
Growing Without Schooling
How children and adults learn through living, pitching in, and doing things.
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A decade-long "reading recession" shows lower test scores in 83% of school districts. There are other ways to make reading enjoyable and useful for children.
Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream
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Homeschoolers create and join Science and Math Fairs, plays, musical performances, sports events, and other activities to help their children learn and grow. Here's one example.
Observing Without Interfering
Reporting Self-Directed Education to School Officials
The Social Stigma of Not Going to College
More years of education isn't always the right solution for finding work or living life fully
Learning Is Natural, Schooling Is Optional
My talk at the Maine Home Education Alliance conference surprisingly meshed with comments from a major funder of the event, General Dynamics/Bath Iron Works.
Overcoming Math Phobia
The way math was taught to me as a public and private school student always left me confused and doubting myself.
Learning? Of Course. Education? No Thanks.
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