{"id":30756,"date":"2019-11-19T21:53:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T03:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=30756"},"modified":"2019-11-19T21:53:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T03:53:58","slug":"briefly-unschooling-is-family-centered-learning-without-classrooms-or-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=30756","title":{"rendered":"Briefly: Unschooling is family-centered learning without classrooms or curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Unschooling-and-kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30757\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Unschooling-and-kids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Unschooling-and-kids.jpg 460w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Unschooling-and-kids-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I first discovered the idea of unschooling, it was so radical that I had trouble finding people who even knew what it was. Today, the idea is mainstream enough that major media outlets sometimes cover the topic in a favorable way. The Sunday newspaper supplement called Parade had a strongly favorable <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/948769\/tinadonvito\/unschooling-what-is-unschooling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article about unschooling<\/a> a couple of weeks ago which explained what it is and how it\u2019s different from homeschooling. It\u2019s less structured. There\u2019s no curriculum. There\u2019s plenty of flexibility. And there are no tests and grades. (Most people today are shocked to learn that testing and grading didn\u2019t exist in schools through history until the last couple hundred years.) If you want your children to think for themselves instead of following the herd mentality that pervades every school I\u2019ve been part of, you owe it to yourself \u2014 and to your kids \u2014 to consider taking control of your children\u2019s development back from governments. Just because you and I survived institutional schools doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s the wisest choice. Start by reading the Parade article. It might open your eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first discovered the idea of unschooling, it was so radical that I had trouble finding people who even knew what it was. Today, the idea is mainstream enough that major media outlets sometimes cover the topic in a favorable way. The Sunday newspaper supplement called Parade had a strongly favorable article about unschooling <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=30756\" class=\"more-link\">Keep Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[556],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-briefly","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1x9iR-804","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30758,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30756\/revisions\/30758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}