Five months ago, in September, 2011, I posted an essay (here) introducing readers to the unschooling movement and inviting unschooling families to participate in a survey. The survey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s not an educational style; it’s a lifestyle. It may not surprise you to learn the term “unschooling” was coined in the 1970s.

As a teacher at a traditional high school, Cassi Clausen was frustrated. She felt as if her students didn’t retain anything, that they worked for a grade rather than learning the material. When ...

Five months ago, in September, 2011, I posted an essay (here) introducing readers to the unschooling movement and inviting unschooling families to participate in a survey. The survey ...

As the number of homeschoolers in the United States has increased dramatically in recent years, unschooling has also risen in popularity. Unschoolers believe that the desire to learn is part of human ...

Is a child who spends the day watching videos or playing in the backyard actually learning? Yes, say advocates of the "unschooling" movement. Maleka Diggs, founder of Eclectic Learning Network, a ...

Parents who unschool their children are accustomed to defending their decision: To their in-laws, to their spouses, to other parents. And sometimes to themselves. “There's always going to be those ...

What if your child’s school day started with him packing his lunch, grabbing his canteen, and marching off towards the horizon, away from you? It might sound crazy, especially nowadays with so many of ...

There’s a part of me that would’ve preferred returning to work earlier instead of waiting ten years after my first child was born. Also, there’s always been a small part of me that’s resented my slow ...

I'm a mom of two kids, ages 6 and 9, and they've never been in a school. I count down the days until school starts, because it leaves us with more things to do. We visit museums and libraries to learn ...

Is a child who spends the day watching videos or playing in the backyard actually learning? Yes, say advocates of the "unschooling" movement. Maleka Diggs, founder of Eclectic Learning Network, a ...