In Freedom and Beyond, John Holt writes, “Another consequence of defining education as schooling is that as we put more and more of our educational resources into schools, we have less and less left over for those institutions that are truly open and educative and in which more and more people might learn for themselves.” This conference had little to say about education models that aren’t like school, but it’s a start.

Alternative schooling, Conferences and Events, Homeschooling Current Issues, Learning and Teaching, Learner-centered curriculaPatrick FarengaOctober 17, 2023Harvard Kennedy School, Homeschooling and Politics, charter schools Comments

Our School Choice Is None

Now, there’s no doubt that homeschooling is a choice, but for me and other homeschoolers I know, it was not a choice of schools, it was a choice for our family to avoid the rat race of school: its busy work and pressure for labels, grades, class status, and homework. Our choice was not to go to school and to not turn our home into a school—and that’s a choice I never read about in the school choice literature . . .

Homeschooling Current Issues, Learner-centered curricula, Legal Issues, Public School Issues, School reformPatrick FarengaJanuary 30, 2017School choice, vouchers, charter schools Comment

John Holt GWS