“You’re indoctrinating us,” a Learner started in on me. I was taken aback; shocked to hear those words come out of his mouth. My mind began to race. Time slowed down. Advocates of Self-Directed Education are long on negative critiques of conventional…
read moreIt is easy for parents to get caught up in the belief that it is their responsibility to identify a pathway for their child to proceed down en route to a successful life, and then direct them down that pathway. Likewise for…
read moreAmerican society has been trained to believe that schools are necessary vehicles of education. Without school, it is believed, one would not learn to read, write, find a job, or stay employed. And if we accept that schools are necessary for success…
read more