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Then and Now

• July 6, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Child-led learning
Tags: aims, conformity, connections, creativity, gender education, gender-based education, gendered education, girls, imagination, life-long learning, motivation, personal skill-building, play-based learning, student needs, teaching girls

Pause and Reflect

• June 30, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Homeschooling, School is not education, Unschooling
Tags: aims, children, citizenry, conformity, control, empathy, homeschooling, humanizing, life-long learning, personal skill-building, respect, responsibility, soulful education, unschooling, youth

Schooling the World: American Progress

• June 27, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Discrimination, History of Education, School is not education
Tags: aims, children, citizenry, conformity, control, conventional education, courage of your convictions, dignity, humanizing, personal skill-building, respect, Schooling the World, soulful education, spirituality, visions

Schooling the World

• June 27, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, History of Education, School is not education
Tags: citizenry, conformity, connections, control, conventional education, courage of your convictions, creativity, dignity, education, educational institutions, humanizing, Schooling the World, soulful education, spirituality, western education

The Tipping Point of Educational Reform

• June 23, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Alternative Education, Authentic Education, Child-led learning
Tags: aims, children, community, conformity, connections, conventional education, courage of your convictions, democratic schools, dwd, education policy, education reform, homeschooling, Peter Gray, tipping point, unschooling

Dysfunctional nonconformists.

• April 9, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Right to an Education, Unschooling
Tags: aims, conformity, connections, control, education policy, education reform, educational institutions, effective teaching, Noam Chomsky, public education, soulful education, student needs, teaching methodology

Axed.

• March 15, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Unschooling
Tags: aims, children, conformity, conventional education, creativity, education policy, homeschooling, imagination, motivation, respect, responsibility, unschooling

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