Resources
Here you will find curated collections of articles, videos and links focused on liberation + social & environmental sustainability + unconditional love…for all
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unschooling
Between 2015 – 2019 I co-founded and operated an unschooling program called Grow. I transitioned to unschooling after teaching in conventional schools and becoming frustrated with how the system caused harm.
I saw Unschooling as a solution because it honors young people’s innate natural learning capacities and protects them from the “pass-fail” schooling paradigm.
In this section you will find a collection of talks and interviews that I have given based on my experiences.
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During the summer of 2019 I was interviewed by Georgia Tech student Helena Weibel for a multimedia oral history project documenting the stories of parents, students, and educators on their journeys to Self-Directed Education in the Metro Atlanta area called “Schooling & Unschooling in The South”.
The interview provides a relatively detailed history of my life’s journey (pre-2019) and many of the factors that have led to me being who I am and doing the work that I do in the world.
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People
Here are links to the main websites and blogs of prolific and notable scholars, educators, and practitioners in the realm of unschooling and self-directed education. Each of them with their own perspectives, theories, and approaches. Each of them gateways to massive amounts of stories and information about this realm of education.
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Akilah S. Richards
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Peter Gray
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Sir Ken Robinson
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Sugata Mitra
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A.S. Neil
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Daniel Greenberg
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Yaacov Hecht
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Blake Boles
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John Holt
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Penelope Trunk
Akilah S. Richards
Peter Gray
Sir Ken Robinson
Sugatra Mitra
A.S. Neil
Daniel Greenberg
Yaacov Hecht
Blake Boles
John Holt
Penelope Trunk
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The Alliance for Self-Directed Education
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Alternative Education Resource Organization
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Tipping Points
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Agile Learning Centers
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Organizations
The following websites exist to promote, connect, inform, and organize around the realm of self-directed education.
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Books
Though there are several, these books have become somewhat canon and fundamental to starting and supporting someone on the deschooling path.
Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work
by Akilah S. Richards
Free To Learn
by Peter Gray
Summerhill
by A.S. Neil
Secrets of a
Buccaneer-Scholar
by James Marcus Bach
The Art of Self-Directed Learning
by Blake Boles
Free At Last
by Daniel Greenburg
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Articles
Here are some great articles and essays that are a quicker read and further the cause of self-directed learning
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What Is Self-Directed Education?
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Why Do People Choose Self-Directed Education?
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Survey of Unschoolers
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Why Our Coercive System of Schooling Should Topple
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What The Modern World Has Forgotten About Children and Learning
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A Map of The Alternative Education Landscape
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The Challenges of Unschooling
unschooling
Videos
What is Self-directed Learning
Changing Education Paradigms
Exploring the Realm of Self-Directed Education
Culture Hacking Education
The Way We View Children
What If We Trusted You?
The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Agile Programming For The Family
Hackschooling Makes Me Happy
Akilah S. Richards
Writer
Adrienne Maree Brown
Writer
Amisha Ghadiali
Activist
Michelle Alexander
Author
Leyla Acaroglu
Design disruptor
Emily Kawano
Title
Charles Eisenstein
Orator
Peter M. Senge
Writer
Systems Thinking
People
Here you will find a growing collection of resources that serve to deepen our understanding and practice of the work of transitioning society towards Liberation, Social & Environmental Sustainability & Unconditional Love…for all.
Systems Thinking
Initiatives
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The Unschool of Disruptive Design
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Context Institute
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Thwink
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Raising Free People
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Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS)
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Solidarity Economy Network (SEN)
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The Next Systems Project
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New Economy Coalition
Systems Thinking
Books
Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work
by Akilah S. Richards
Emergent Strategy
by Adrienne Maree Brown
Sacred Economics
by Charles Eisenstein
The Future is Beautiful
by Amisha Ghadiali
The Fifth Discipline
by Peter Senge
The New Jim Crow
by Michelle Alexander
Systems Thinking
Articles
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After The Protests…Organize
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Solidarity Economy: Building an Economy For People & Planet
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Problem Solving Desperately Needs Systems Thinking
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The Next Health System
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What is A Circular Economy?
Systems Thinking
Videos
Raising Free People
Capitalism 2.0
Sacred Economics
Paper Beats Plastic? How To Rethink Environmental Folklore
Moving from the Linear to the Circular Economy
Systems Domains & 1900 to the Present
Which of These 4 Roles Will You Play In Creating New Systems?
Systems Thinking
Changing The Status Quo By Design
A Systems Analysis of Mass Incarceration In America








