Democratic education is an educational ideal in which democracy is both a goal and a method of instruction. It brings democratic values to education and can include self-determination within a community of equals, as well as such values as justice, respect and trust. Conferences are meant for...
Aimee Ferraro wrote a paper about us. It is an evaluation of a temporary, immersive, learning community based on worldschooling. The paper studies the evaluation papers Project World School participants are asked to fill out at the beginning and end of each retreat. She documented the emotional...
Lainie and Miro's TEDx talk is up on youtube now! Unschooling: Making The World Our Classroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=bH-kQJ10WWo&app=desktop...
*disclaimer: I wrote this yesterday, during their rehearsals and talk, but all of the USA was asleep, so it is being posted now, April 21st, the day after the TEDx talk.* We are in the building, I repeat, we are In The Building. Today is the day...
The slides are prepared, the coaches have been contacted, and the outfits have been picked. I'm pretty sure I haven’t heard any words out of their mouths other than their speech for the past week. Rehearsing has been a total reality check for the both of...
Outlines. We all hate writing them, but we’re all grateful for them in the end. It’s no different for the outline of a TEDx Talk. Miro and Lainie had over a month to write their first draft of their speech outline. In this month they’ve hosted...