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Back to Unschool

Back to Unschool

The emphasis on doing school like we always have during the pandemic has caused childrens’ health and safety to be severely affected. Schools could have helped families by shifting their focus from the needs of the academic schedule to the real-world needs of children to socialize, explore, play, and exercise…

Homeschooling Current Issues, Learning and Teaching, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaSeptember 14, 2022pandemic, School, unschoolingComment

The Corruption of the Best is the Worst

Ivan Illich, Public School IssuesPatrick FarengaJuly 12, 2012Corruption, Ivan Illich, School Comments

Reading the Tea Leaves in School's Cups

Alternative schooling, Homeschooling Current IssuesPatrick FarengaMay 3, 2011Deschooling, Greg Mortenson, Poverty, School Comment

Learning Foreign Languages or Just Learning to Play the School Game?

Homeschooling Current Issues, John Holt, Learner-centered curricula, Learning and TeachingPatrick FarengaApril 28, 2011John Holt, School, foreign languages Comments

Wondering About Life and Learning

Homeschooling Current Issues, John Holt, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaSeptember 22, 2010Homeschooling, School, Segregation, child abuseComment