Worldschooling: Homeschooling Away from Home
International Journal of Education – ISSN 1948-5476 2017, Vol. 9, No. 1
Abstract:Worldschooling is a form of home education, where travel takes the place of school. Worldschooling can be done alone, with family and friends, or more formally through a program called Project World School. The mission of Project World School is to provide learning retreats for adolescents and young adults with a strong emphasis on cooperative learning, co-creation, community, and social learning. This article is a review and analysis of the five retreats Project World School took in 2016, based on pre and post experience questionnaires filled out by the participants. A discussion of the challenges and benefits of worldschooling is also included within the article.
Read the academic paper here.
Evaluation of a Temporary, Immersive Learning Community Based on Worldschooling
Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning – Vol. 10 Issue 20
Abstract: Learning communities are a proven method for engaging groups of people who share common goals for personal growth and knowledge acquisition (Gabelnick, MacGregor, Matthews, & Smith, 1990; Taylor, Moore, MacGregor, & Lindblad, 2003). However, little is known about the usefulness of this approach in the context of alternative education. This article describes the evaluation of a temporary, immersive learning community for self-directed teen learners, Project World School (PWS), which was based on a new, pedagogical approach to learning called worldschooling. Findings indicate that regardless of demographic characteristics and personal interests, PWS attendees experienced learning and progress in three main areas: social development, personal development, and experiential academics. The PWS model shows evidence of the benefits of worldschooling and has potential to be successfully replicated and translated to other international settings.
Read the academic paper here.
Self-Education For Excellence: The Inside Out Philosophy Of Lifelong Learning
August 21, 2019
Project World School co-founder Lainie Liberti has written the forward for the new book authored by Allyson McQuinn.
“By picking up this book, you are helping to think beyond a model of indoctrination that operates against the individual, one which actively works against our mental health, sense of self and social justice, which in turn, manages to completely extinguish the learner’s natural love of learning. By adapting the concepts of self education you are working against the narrow, ageist, classist, ableist, sexist and racist version of ‘education’ that the current system and world at large supports. By picking up this book, you are starting to transform your own ideas surrounding the social construct we call “education” and start to focus on the value of “learning” instead.” ~ Lainie Liberti
Purchase the book through Amazon here
Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom
May 7, 2019
Project World School was featured in a new book written by Kerry McDonald. Education has become synonymous with schooling, but it doesn’t have to be. As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of childhood than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in society. Many are now exploring and creating alternatives.
Purchase the book through Amazon here
Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self Directed Learners (Official Trailer)
May 15, 2019
Project World School co-founder Miro Siegel (and Project World School) are featured in a new documentary to be released in June. Through the stories of six extraordinary individuals, Self-Taught explores what self-directed education means to them and the impact it has had on their lives, ambitions, work and beliefs.
Watch the official trailer here.
Worldly Wise – Mom Raised Son abroad; now pair promotes worldschooling
April 30, 2019
The New York Post features the life work of Project World School Co-Founders Miro Siegel & Lainie Liberti in a print article. Click to access the PDF to read the entire article here.
I Quit School At 9 To Live A Nomadic Lifestyle
July, 2018
Project World School Co-Founder Miro Siegel writes for the Huffington Post sharing his personal worldschooling story and talks about why he and his mom created Project World School. Read more here.
Some Said They’d Flee Trump’s America. These People Actually Did.
April, 2018
Project World School & the Project World School Family Summit was mentioned as an organization that supports families who wish to leave the US. Project World School Co-Founder Lainie Liberti was quoted in this article. Read more here.
Lainie Liberti and Miro Siegel TEDxAmsterdamEducation
April, 2016
Lainie and Miro’s interview before their TEDx talk about unschooling and worldschooling. Read more here.
Extended vacations: how families travel the world for months and years
September 18, 2016
Liberti and Miro decided on a different approach for Miro’s education after deciding on indefinite travel. Unschooling is unique and something not every parent or child may choose when looking for a traditional route, though Miro believes it is best for him.
Read the article here.
These 4 Nomadic Moms Feel Good Parenting Doesn’t Depend On A Traditional Home
September 18, 2016
For Lainie Liberti and her 17-year-old son Miro, traveling is a form of education. The two embraced the un-schooling movement and took it to the next level: worldschooling. Worldschooling combines travel with the experienced-based, real-world philosophy of un-schoolers. The Libertis began traveling when Miro was 10, and now he’s explored 20 different countries, learning about the culture of each.
Read the article here.
Meet The Single Mothers Raising Their Children While Traveling
March 22, 2016
Lainie Liberti is another single mom who left her home and business in southern California with her son Miro, then eight, to travel in 2008. “Before we left, I knew instinctively that fifth grade would have nothing on a year of traveling,” she said during an interview over Skype from Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.
Read the article here.
Life learning on the ground in West Wales: Project World School
July 1, 2016
This summer Project World School International Retreat comes to the wilds of West Wales, where young people will focus on developing the skills needed to sustain themselves and to sustain the planet. Hosted by Troed y Rhiw Organics, they will have an experience of off-grid living, learn to build a straw bale roundhouse, spend time working on the farm and learning about organic agriculture, forage for wild food and try their hand at beekeeping…
Read the article here.
March 10, 2016
On February 23 and 25, ten teens from Project World School teamed up with our staff to learn and participate in some of our ongoing projects. Over the course of the two days, the group got involved with fish and turtle identification, beach zoning for nesting activities on Half Moon Bay and a trash cleanup on the ironshore, or rocky point, to the north of Akumal beach.
Read the article here.
Ten Questions with Lainie Liberti
June 2, 2016
Project World School Co-founder Lainie Liberti, answers 10 questions about unschooling, worldschooling and learning from the world during an interview with Pam Laricchia as a part of her popular unschooling podcast on the blog, Living Joyfully. Listen to the podacast here.
Unschooling: Making the World Our Classroom TEDxAmsterdamED
April 20th, 2016
Mother and son duo Lainie Liberti and Miro Siegel (16) have taken an approach to education that is beyond what many people can even imagine. They call it: Worldschooling, a form of “Un”schooling that means their family learns through travel and experience, without any traditional classrooms or curricula. Watch their talk here.
Project Word School Ted Talk Takes Homeschooling to a Whole New Level
May 1, 2016
Most of the parents I know DO NOT LIKE public education systems for their kids. But Lainie Liberti and her son Miro took the concept of homeschooling to a whole new level. They call it “World Schooling” and it’s a way to give your child one of the richest educations possible by traveling to different cultures and using the world as your classroom. Read the article here.
