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Autodidacticism

Schooling For Einstein, Etc.
Unschooled UP boy is college genius
A Lesson in Computer Literacy from India's Poorest Kids
The road less travelled... ...is beckoning thousands of double-cohorters
'Failed genii' make the best teachers
How We Learn If toddlers can figure things out so easily, why can't schoolchildren? if children who don't even go to school learn so easily, why do children who go to school seem to have such a hard time? Why can children solve problems that challenge computers but stumble on a third-grade reading test?
The benefits of learning true independence
The Cultural Revolutionary

Unschooling

The ultimate (un)school choice
Some locals choose alternatives to normal schools
`Unschooling' Becoming Trendy Approach in Home Education Child's interests used as guide to learning
A homeschool primer: a father answers common questions about what it's like to be an at-home educator
Islam in the United States - A Look at Home Schooling
Students learn by doing, in the home, community and beyond
Alternate schooling gets local boost A group of Guilford parents declare the preeminence of homeschooling and 'unschooling' over public and private school education.
Alternative approach avoids fixed curriculum Home-school profile: The novel idea of 'unschooling'
Parents form nonreligious group of 'free exploration' Home-school profile: The universe is their teacher
Schooling Yourself An "unschooler" writes about a growing movement of teens interested in learning outside a classroom, all the while looking closer at assumptions about learning and the politics of education
AWARD-WINNING BUT UNSCHOOLED, PAINTER PREFERS TO GO HIS OWN WAY
Beans, big cats and "unschooling"
Causes spur child's charity
When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all The lack of education hasn't hurt me I can read the writing on the wall. (Kodachrome.... Paul Simon) UNSCHOOLING AMERICA HAVING THE GUTS TO LEAVE A CRIPPLING SCHOOL SYSTEM
Education on their own terms
'Unschooling' lets children lead their own education
Home schools make learning a way of life For parents who teach their children at home, education is more than what goes on in class
Home-grown talents Around 85,000 children are currently taught at home in the UK. A Radio 4 programme, "Unschooled," profiles five adults who were educated at home to see what effect it's had on their lives. The programme's presenter, Maud Hand, herself a former primary school teacher, describes what inspired her to make it.
"The blackboard kitchen catches on"
Learning at Home, Students Take the Lead
Oh,To Freely Pursue the Scholarly Life!
Parents put kids in charge of school They decide what they'll learn, when
Post Graduate
Letters to the Editor Radical Unschooling
Letters School's Out
School's Out Forever "Unschoolers" like Holly Furgason don't believe in public education. They don't even believe in teachers. They believe in the ability of their children to teach themselves. Will the law catch up with them?
SCHOOL'S OUT LEARNING'S IN Peninsula families find home-schooling is where the heart is
School's Out The new economic reality of "free agents" is reshaping American education.
School's Out, Learning's In Away from the classroom, Antioch home-schoolers focus on life's lessons
SINGING THE PRAISES OF HOME - SCHOOLING North Bay kids find freedom, motivation outside of traditional classrooms
Some families prefer home for school
Students Going Home Again - for Learning Parents Share Tips on 'Unschooling'
Students Going Home Again -- for Learning; The Dropout; Home Schooling Draws A New Class of Parent
Making home a school away from school
Local homeschoolers refute stereotypes
Trust underlies `unschooling' process.
'Unschool' lessons: Children decide what they want to study in a twist on homeschooling
Unschooled genius: Von Liebig show features works of self-taught artists
'Unschooling' catches on with home-schooled kids
Un-schooling method provides children with lessons from life
Alison McKee’s Unschooling Ourselves Getting Out of Their Way
Nontraditional homeschoolers cherish the nonconformity
Staying home to learn Parents teach own kids for variety of reasons

Autodidactic Archive

BEN WEBER: AUTODIDACT AND AUTOGRAPHER
Confessions of an Autodidact; Books on tape turn a long-distance drive into a web of intellectual detours
Autodidact; ARCHITECTURAL NOTES
Making learning last beyond school years
MR. DAWES A SELF-TAUGHT MUSICIAN; He Has Many Famous Folk for Company, Including Benjamin Franklin
The Everlasting Autodidact As her peers graduate from college, the author answers a few eternal questions.
Where School's Not In Session `NATURAL LEARNING' 101 Parents, Experts Debate the Concept of 'Unschooling'
Where the Kitchen Is Also the Classroom
African-American Unschooling Conducts National Survey of African-American Homeschoolers
Home-schooling is in class of its own; Nontraditional learning gets high marks

Unschooling Archive

BLACKBOARD; Just Sitting Around Thinking, or Not
EDUCATION; Home Schooling, for Mind and Soul
Mommy, What's a Classroom?
Paradise Not Quite Lost
Home Schooling, An Issue For Parents; Home Schooling: A Growing Legal Issue for Parents Finding Resources on Teaching Children at Home How to Apply for Permission for Home Schooling
Unschooling -- a learn-as-you-go experiment for some
'Unschooling' a blessing to many, unsettling to others; CHILD'S PLAY & LEARNING Kids are in control at Massachusetts' Sudbury Valley School Parents and a few educators are letting students decide what they will study and when they will study it
CURIOUS TEACHING; CHILD-CENTERED `UNSCHOOLING' FUELS DOUBTS, CONTROVERSY
Letters to the Editor
"UNSCHOOLING" A HIT FOR SOME, PROPONENTS OF UNSTRUCTURED LEARNING SAY KIDS STUDY THEIR INTERESTS, FORM LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE
MARKING THE END OF THE HOME-SCHOOLED YEAR; A CENTER FOR UN-SCHOOLING AMHERST PAIR'S PROJECT OFFERS ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
EDUCATE YOURSELF, SHARE IDEAS ON INTERNET
Education Profile: Field Trips! gets students out of home
ENLIGHTENED PATH; FOR SOME FAMILIES, SCHOOLS ARE WHERE THE HOMES ARE; HOME-SCHOOLERS WILL COMPARE NOTES AT CONFERENCE; HOME-STYLE EDUCATION
FAMILIES: 'Unschoolers,' or the Home as Classroom
Group uses freebies to foster freethinking
Learning without lessons | Unschooling lets the kids decide what and when Education method shuns texts, tests and timetables
Private alternative school thrives without structure
Progressive digressions: home schooling for self-actualization.
READING,WRITING & RIGHT-WING POLITICS; MARKING THE END OF THE HOME-SCHOOLED YEAR; A HOMEMADE EDUCATION; HOME, SWEET SCHOOL; PARENTS LAUD SUPPORT THAT MAKES HOMESCHOOLING POSSIBLE; SUMMER SCHOOL
HOME-SCHOOLING CONFERENCE; FOR THIS FAMILY, ONLY HOME SCHOOL MAKES GRADE; FREE-RANGE EDUCATION; GUIDING RATHER THAN MANAGING CHILD'S EDUCATION; UNSCHOOLS UNLEASH LEARNING FOR SELF-MOTIVATED STUDENTS
THE RHYTHM OF LEARNING AT HOME
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When the Family Basement Replaces the Schoolhouse; When Home Replaces Schoolhouse
Learning by living
SELF-DIRECTED KIDS LEARN AT HOME WITHOUT STRICT STRUCTURE
Self-learning
Unschooling for life At the well: teach your children well
`UNSCHOOL'PUTS FUN BACK IN LEARNING
Unschooled minds and received wisdom
Unschooled
'Unschool' shapes the program to fit the child, not the child to fit the school

DiVeRSiTy

Homeschoolers are an increasingly diverse crowd
Kitchen-Table Classrooms; For a Growing Number of Families, Home Is Where the School Is When Home Is Where the School Is
All Work Is Homework Home-schooling is challenging old educational norms
More Kids Learn 'Three Rs' At Home
An A for Home Schooling
Homeschooling isn't just fundamentalists and eccentrics anymore. SCHOOL'S OUT Forever
Correcting Misconceptions About Home Schooling
Getting Schooled on Home-Schooling
Family lessons: Home schooling is attracting mainstream families for a variety of reasons
Home Schooling and Social Capital
Freedom and Attention Span
Home schooling's popularity up
Homeschooling: Would It Work for Your Child?
Innovative programs and home schooling to meet the needs of gifted and talented students
GROWING APPEAL OF HOMESCHOOLING Movement to Instruct Kids at Home Becoming More Diverse
Home schooling goes mainstream
Schoolhouse rocked No longer just for the religious fundamentalists, home schooling has gone main stream, especially in Massachusetts. It's estimated that as many as 20,000 children here have abandoned test-crazy public schools and high-priced private schools for the comfort of the living room couch. But most surprising of all is that Harvard, BU, Brown, and other colleges are welcoming home-schoolers like all other students.
What's behind the growth in homeschooling - public school problems prompt parents into homeschooling
Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream
Homeschooling: Back to the Future?
HOME SCHOOLING GROWS UP PARENTS TEACHING TEENAGERS IN BOOMING MOVEMENT
There are many ways to teach your children
Is Homeschooling the Future of Education?
The school of thought on learning at home; FOR THE CARDUS FAMILY THE POSSIBILITY OF TEACHING THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME HAS PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND BENEFICIAL
Home is where the school is
Homeschooling
Education hits home
Home Sweet School
Homeschooling alone: why corporate reformers are ignoring the real revolution in education
LEARNING WITH FRIENDS; As home-schoolers grow in number, so do opportunities to enrich education in social settings
LEARNING AT HOME
BLACK TO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL LIKE HOME
Packaged curriculum or do-it-yourself?
School home
On the home front
Elizabeth: Elizabeth Family Subject Of Documentary
Without School, Without Work

unschooling/homeschooling after

Home Schooling Graduates; Students, Jittery About College at First, Are Doing Well Academically and Fitting In Socially
Home school comes of age
Homeschoolers on to College: What Research Shows Us
Life After Home Schooling
THE JOURNAL OF College Admission
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