It seems that unschooling is becoming a popular feature topic for "news". At least once a month someone on one of my email lists posts a link about some newspaper/website that has done an article on unschooling. Homeschooling itself isn't exciting enough (or controversial enough?) for an article anymore. Would they do a feature on families who do strict "school at home" with schedules down to the minute? I doubt it. My ambivalence is showing. It's nice to see this style of homeschooling recognized as a valuable alternative, but most of the articles have some education "expert" who cast doubts with having experience unschooling or even knowing a family who does it.
This article, 'Unschool' parents: Kids can be own best teachers is similar to the last one I blogged, in that it uses positive examples of actual unschoolers, then has people without unschooling experience comment about it. This one also has comments from people who have read the online article. They are particularly opinionated, often without first hand experience. The article, however, is pretty balanced and informative. There is also some information in the sidebar about definitions, a sample week, and Tennessee homeschooling regulations.
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