21 DAYS After the War In order to help young people transition from conventional schooling to self-directed education, I wanted to create a “boot camp” of sorts. The incredibly unexpected result was not a camp… but instead, a game. Specifically, Sagnik Roy and I partnered to write an “alternate reality” game that blends self-directed education…
EDIT 6/2021: Since making this post, I’ve created a free PDF of LEAVE SCHOOL. The “hacks” described below will not be 100% “free”; they will require you to put in some time. Then again, I put in a lot of time and effort into creating the LEAVE SCHOOL app, so it feels like a…
Making Self-Directed Education Accessible to All Why? | Watch the Video | Browse Accessibility Solutions | Contribute “Accessibility” means very different things to different people. In June 2020, I presented at the Alternative Education Resources Organization annual conference on the topic of Making Self-Directed Education Accessible to ALL. Please enjoy the presentation and consider contribution to…
So excited to announce that my new audiobook app, ‘LEAVE SCHOOL: what teachers can’t tell you’, is finally available! LEAVE SCHOOL helps teens who are frustrated by school to thrive without school by pursuing self-directed learning. Get it at LEAVE-SCHOOL.com There are so many people to thank for supporting me in creating this project. Though…
I was recently invited to appear on Gina Riley and Kevin Stuverson’s podcast, Learning by Living. I discuss my work with the Peer Unschooling Network and a mobile application I am releasing soon called “LEAVE SCHOOL: what teachers can’t tell you.” (Note that in the interview, I refer to the app as being called “Curricu-Dumb”…
Recently, I ran a workshop for a group of teens where we went through a brainstorming process for generating project ideas. I thought it’d be fun to share a list of my own dream projects, all of which I hope to complete before I die. I guess that makes this my “project bucket list”. As…
Thanks to Alex Khost at the Alliance for Self-Directed Education for interviewing me for their online magazine, Tipping Points! In the interview, I speak a lot about the crossover between issues in our education system and mental health system as they related to human rights and self-direction. Hope you enjoy! Transcript Available at ASDE’s website: …
As some may know, I recently started writing a book titled “School Sucks so Start Your Own.” The book describes how young people can take their educational destiny into their own hands by starting their own self-directed learning communities in their areas. In the fall and spring, I ran workshops at libraries and other venues…
Thought this might be useful to anyone interested in getting involved in activism… Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:
This week I appeared on the webshow “For the Love of Learning” as part of a panel of guests discussing Creating Community for Unschoolers. It was an honor to be invited to join such an accomplished group of people, admittedly I felt a bit under-accomplished. I don’t know that I did a very good job…