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.

A fringe group of parents think following your child’s learning instincts, rather than setting them a standard educational pattern, is the best way to foster their growth. The trend, known as ...

Scroll through TikTok or Instagram and you’ll likely come across families documenting their “unschooling” lives — children learning through nature walks instead of textbooks, kitchen experiments ...

“It didn’t prepare me academically, but it did make me resourceful. When you grow up having to make things work with nothing, ...

The days are about to look very different for most parents in a few weeks as schools let out for the summer. But for Christina Franco, 39, summer days in her upstate New York home are no different ...

The belief that children should ideally be in charge of their own learning has prevented many from fulfilling their potential. With schools closed, the concept of unschooling—allowing kids to direct ...

Unschooling is an educational philosophy that relies on a child’s innate curiosity and desire to learn. In families that practice unschooling, students do not attend school and do not follow any set ...

It’s August and many Michigan parents are in their back-to-school era. In some families, school never stopped for the summer. Their kids don’t plan on stepping foot inside a classroom this year either ...

Unschooling is an educational method that prioritizes self-directed learning over strict curricula. Advocates believe this approach nurtures a love of learning and critical thinking skills, while ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. We are midway through 2020, and struggling through a ...

This past fall, Gina Riley and I conducted a survey of 232 “unschooling” families who have children older than 5 years. This is the last in a series of three reports on that survey. In the first ...

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