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"You’re glossing over one of the most important functions of public schools. Daycare for all of the employees they created. It’s a self perpetuating system." ~ jalexwheeler7751
"Unschooling has been the form of education for most human beings for most of human history, during which time people were “dirt poor”. Unschooling is far from a privileged or luxurious practice." ~ Toby Rollo
“Once upon a time, all children were homeschooled. They were not sent away from home each day to a place just for children but lived, learned, worked, and played in the real world, alongside adults and other children of all ages.” ~ Rachel Gathercole, [The Well-Adjusted Child: The So…
"Like the streetcar and horse-and-buggy, institutional schooling will become a cultural relic, a quaint reminder of yesteryear."
Today’s Schools Are Yesterday’s Streetcars: How Technology Will Transform Education
"I believe this is true and think it would be a huge leap forward, but I see one roadblock to it happening quickly.*
The problem is that institutionalized schooling for kids in 2019 is mainly just a daycare. Until we can resolve the need for parents to have others watch their kids a…
