There is more openness among policy makers for school choice and charter schools, and school vouchers and education savings plans are getting more traction, but there is little to no discussion about changing the fundamental structure of education. Form follows function, and the form school was created with functions to control behavior and reward obedience, but the schooling ritual shrouds that function with promises of socialization, advancement and status.

https://www.theunschoolingsummit.org/a/2148058470/FxmFAXpv

Ken Danford and Pat Farenga co-present their talk, Learning is Natural, School is Optional, at the Learning Planet Festival on January 22, 2025. Ken is the co-founder of the learning center North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens and Pat publishes the JohnHoltGWS.com site and books about unschooling. Our Learning Planet event is free and open to everyone. We hope you will attend our session to show the organizers there is international interest in this topic!
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INSPIRE Education Summit: The Pathway to Transformation.
Free online event. 18-25th November 2024.

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Pie-to-face smashing will be broadcasted via the ASDE newsletter, Instagram, and Facebook on Wednesday October 16th

This is a free online event from October 2–6, 2024. There are many interesting speakers and topics being presented about living and learning with your children without sending them to school.

This is a real-life conference at the Hilton Hotel, Minneapolis/Bloomington, Minnesota, June 21–23, 2024

The Northeast Unschooling Conference
Dates: August 23 - 26, 2024
Location: Camp Winadu, 700 Churchill St, Pittsfield, MA 01201, USA

MAY 20-23 2024 at the Kalahari Resort, Sandusky, Ohio.
Join us to create a community where families meet from across the globe to share in a felt sense of respect and honor for their unique choice to unschool.