The Curious Task

Kerry McDonald — Do We Need Schooling Alternatives?

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Author of 'Unschooled' Kerry McDonald joins Alex Aragona to talk about how choice in education can allow children to lead happier and more fulfilled lives, and the positive impacts of taking education outside the conventional classroom. 

References from Episode 53 with Kerry McDonald:
  • You can buy Kerry McDonald’s book, Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom, on Amazon Canada at this link.
  • You can buy Noam Chomsky’s book, Chomsky on Mis-Education, which Alex references in the podcast, on Amazon Canada at this link.
  • You can read more about Timothy Layton’s Harvard study on the mental effects of younger children starting school on the Harvard Gazette here.
  • You can read more about the Vanderbilt study on the correlation between youth suicide attempts and the academic year at this link.
  • You can read more about the Yale research study on the dissatisfaction of children in high school here.
  • You can read Kerry McDonald’s Fee.org article on parents favouring homeschooling in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic here.
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