tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post8641711057584189180..comments2024-03-28T05:35:07.354-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Educating Innovatively WITHOUT SchoolLisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-8160298785072117932010-11-22T00:16:10.852-05:002010-11-22T00:16:10.852-05:00@Robertogreco
Hooray for art-focused families! Som...@Robertogreco<br />Hooray for art-focused families! Sometimes I felt out of place, even in the homeschooling/unschooling community, because so many other families focused on math and science. So it seemed like we were even more radical, in a way. And thanks for the awesome link.Kate Fridkishttp://un-schooled.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-61410718099280198922010-11-20T13:23:05.517-05:002010-11-20T13:23:05.517-05:00Thanks for this and thanks to Deven for pointing m...Thanks for this and thanks to Deven for pointing me here. Great points all around, especially that there is no ONE way to learn.<br /><br />As the parent of two unschoolers (10 and almost 12 years old) in an art-focused family, I particularly enjoyed Kate's post. For something similar, see "<a href="http://robertogreco.tumblr.com/post/1567646430/make-some-time-to-watch-astra-taylor-on-the" rel="nofollow">Astra Taylor on the Unschooled Life</a>".robertogrecohttp://www.grecolaborativo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-59147007766109584122010-11-20T12:26:34.319-05:002010-11-20T12:26:34.319-05:00@Deven Black (@spedteacher), As I think about this...@Deven Black (@spedteacher), As I think about this method and your comment, what comes to mind is what, if we provided an option for students that didn't require "school." What is the dollars followed the student and parents could decide the option they wanted for their kids. Then what if teachers could teach groups of kids, but not in a school, but rather an "unschool" funded by the dollars that followed the kids. <br /><br />These teachers could be licensed even and work in clusters/groups and be learning directors but provide a type of life more in alignment with what parents feel is best for kids depending on their talents, passions or interests. <br /><br />Just a thought...and a learning opportunity I certainly would have preferred to that which I experienced...bleh.Lisa Nielsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-10859161835729610902010-11-20T11:53:54.085-05:002010-11-20T11:53:54.085-05:00Wanting to take part in the learning process descr...Wanting to take part in the learning process described here: music, art, exploration, absorption, is what led me to drop out of the classroom regimen twice in my high school career. I can honestly say that I learned far more out of school than I did in any classroom or all my classrooms combined.<br /><br />Despite what the law says, school is not for everyone. I suspect that school is not the best learning environment for many of my middle school students but the only alternative for them, the streets, is no better and likely considerably more dangerous.<br /><br />I was able to do what I did because I grew up in a middle class book-filled home in Manhattan, not a high-poverty neighborhood in the Bronx. It is ironic that at the same time my students face inequity of opportunity in school they face more extreme inequities of opportunities for learning outside of it.<br /><br />The question should not be whether schooling or unschooling is better, but how we can assure that all children have the opportunity to learn in the ways that most benefit them.Deven Black (@spedteacher)http://educationontheplate.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com