Homeschooling usually falls into two categories:
-Children taught by their parents at home because of fundamental value differences such as religious views.
-Children taught by their parents at home because of educational differences, often progressive views about learning.
A third category, unschooling, refers to children kept home without formal teaching by the parents. The children simply explore areas of interest without pre-determined lessons or expected outcomes because the parents reject conventional schooling methods as interfering with the child’s natural learning capacities. A New York Times article describes the process has “child-led learning.” Another article, “Unschooling Stresses Curiousity More Than Traditional Academics” appeared in Education Week.
Another article from an unschooling family that maintains a blog: http://lifewithoutschool.typepad.com/lifewithoutschool/2007/01/life_with_out_a.html
Another legal choice in the panoply of educational options!
Jerry Mintz had a letter to the editor published in the New York Times published 11-28-06 on the subject as follows:
To the Editor:
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