Kyoko Aizawa of Otherwise Japan writes to inform us about a concern in her country with this article from The Japan Times:
“The number of NEETs (people Not in Employment, Education or Training) now totals 640,000 people in Japan, according to a government white paper released in July. At the current rate of increase, NEETs [...]
em>”I confess! I’m guilty! I use… dare I say it aloud? Workbooks. The word has been blacklisted by homeschoolers, unschoolers and school-at-homers alike for years. In fact, if you’re ever at a gathering of people whose children aren’t in school it’s a good ice breaker. How about those workbooks, huh? Glad we don’t have to [...]
James Marcus Bach, author of the upcoming book, Voyage of a Buccaneer-Scholar, writes about living and learning and many different things at his blog, How I Learn Stuff. James’ writing is for adults, from an adult perspective, and not necessarily about homeschooling per se, but I’ve been revisiting and re-reading one especially thoughtful post for [...]
Emily Subler explores the concept of unschooling with Sandra Dodd in this 1998 interview from HEM:
Emily: Unschooling may appear overwhelming to some people who misunderstand its fundamentals. Why do you think it’s difficult to understand the concept of unschooling and why are many folks aggressive in their attacks of its philosophy?
Sandra: People attack what they [...]
We noted the passing of author and unschooling advocate Ned Vare last week, and we’re still coming across reminders of the good work Ned and his wife Luz Shosie did for homeschooling families, like this interview with Luz and Ned which Mary Nix did for HEM last year:
“Homeschooling does not need to be schooling-at-home. Real [...]
