“In Order to Give Their Children A Right to Study Painting, Poetry, Music…”
My mom shared a video with me yesterday about The Independent Project. It’s a wonderful sounding program that was piloted at the public high school of Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, MA. This student-driven school-within-a-school was comprised of eight…
Shared Moments from a Small Co-op
I have thought about the option of homeschool-co-ops mostly from the parental side. I have thought about co-ops from the angle of economic logistics, balancing work and family. But, during this past week of back-to-school, with the shift of Fall in…
Preschool Is The New School
I had a wonderful morning at the park a couple of days ago. I met my close friend and her nearly three-year old son in West Berkeley, near the bay. It was a cloudy morning, and we got there early,…
Gen Why: How Millennials Will Parent
I had heard things about the Millennial generation for a while before I realized I was part of it. I listen to a lot of NPR, and I feel like there’s always a radio guest fretting about the Millennials’ loss of…
Cosmos
My husband and I were so sad when we finished watching the one and only season of Freaks And Geeks on Netflix streaming. Finishing a great show can be like finishing a great book. It leaves you unsure what to…
The Trouble with Potential
potential |pəˈtenCHəl| adjective [ attrib. ] – having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future noun – latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness ORIGIN late Middle English:…
“Please write us back and tell us about the place you live and how you homeschool”
In addition to the journal my mother kept several scrapbooks in the 80s, documenting books we read, subjects that we explored, things that we made, and projects that we worked on. My favorite of these projects is a pen-pal letter exchange with other…
Un-Schooling Another Generation: The Interview, Part 2
Well, the last post was… a lot. And, like I said, it’s ultimately very personal. I came away from Monday’s post reflecting on how almost everyone I know went to school. But Josh, like other partners of unschooled adults, has…
Un-Schooling Another Generation: The Interview, Part 1
As promised, this post focuses on the dialogue I have been having with my husband, comparing our very different experiences growing up as an unschooler and a traditional schooler. Forgive me for the original cliff-hanger! And now, I’ve split the conversation into two parts. Of…
Un-Schooling Another Generation, And Being A Living Example of The First
About a month ago I recorded a long interview with my husband. It was more difficult than the interviews I have done previously with my family. I shelved it, until now. Unsure what to say about the conversation, or which…