Reschooling Posts // August 14-20, 2022
Raising Disciplined Adults without Punishment
August 20, 2022 from Rickshaw Unschooling
I was hauling on my son's laptop so hard I wrenched my shoulder. I heard myself blaming him for the injury over the grunting of his determined self, gripping and salvaging the one device he owned from my attempted theft. I have no idea what reprehensible act he'd committed. It may not have been related to the laptop, even. I just remember that I thought his behaviour was absolutely inexcusable, and the only power I had to change him was the threat of taking away something important to him. So when the threat didn't work, I felt obliged to act on it.
My kids are 6 and 9 and have never been to school. This is why we chose to unschool them.
August 20, 2022 from Insider
It's mid-August, one of my favorite times of the year. On social media, I see my fellow parents gritting their teeth through the late-summer rituals of purchasing new uniforms and visiting stores to fill classroom supply lists. Then come the sweet first-day-of-school photos of kids in their slightly-too-big uniforms holding chalkboards declaring their dream career.
27. Decolonizing Education w/ Chemay Morales-James
August 19, 2022 from Radical Learning Talks
In this episode, we dive deep with Chemay Morals-James, founder of My Reflection Matters Village and a social liberation & equity coach. We talk about her virtual deschooling community and deschooling as decolonization work, what's wrong with the school system and the importance of learning - and unlearning - in community.
Learning Is Innate: Ancestral Childhood, Unschooling, and Healing – Akilah S. Richards
August 18, 2022 (reposted) from PM Press
If the phrase “school wounds” stirs something inside of you, or the words “crisis schooling” describe your current reality as a parent or caregiver, or you’ve just always intuited that there’s something not quite right about modern compulsory schooling, this episode is for you.
An Unschooling Journey with Jae Williams, Part 3, Episode 332
August 18, 2022 from Living Joyfully with Unschooling
This week, I'm sharing the second part of my recent conversation with Jae Williams. Jae is a former teacher and new unschooling dad of two young children. We first spoke about a year ago, right at the start of his deschooling journey. It was great to catch up with him and to hear his reflections about what he's discovered in the last year.
Math- How We Learn with Kohila Sivas
August 17, 2022 from Honey! I’m Homeschooling the Kids
Kohila Sivas is the creator of the revolutionary MathCodes Method™ a unique system designed to recover learning loss in math. Kohila blended the math hacks she discovered to demystify math and merged them with a coaching methodology that can transform any struggling student.
Don’t Do It!
August 17, 2022 from Unschooling Mom2Mom
Each year, about this time, I get a little twinge that lasts about a month or so - especially when I walk into a grocery store or Target or any other place that has those Back-to-School shopping aisles. I know that some families are excited to be getting all their stuff together for the new year. And school works for them. And I also overhear some moms loudly announcing, “Only four more days…” with their kids in earshot… envisioning their relaxing lunch dates and calmer afternoons before the kids get home.
Chris Balme on Finding the Magic in Middle School
August 15, 2022 from Off-Trail Learning
Chris Balme (chrisbalme.com) is the founding head of school of The Millennium School and the author of Finding the Magic in Middle School. After briefly flirting with public school teaching, Chris ran an apprenticeship program for middle schoolers for a decade before creating The Millennium School in San Francisco, where he served for seven years.