How to Maintain Peace in Your School Pod — from nytimes.com by Katherine Cusumano
‘It’s important to approach this with the idea that there’s no ideal situation. If there were, we’d all be doing it.’
Excerpt:
Most disagreements, according to Waine Tam, a founder of Selected for Families, an online service that matches families and slearning pods with qualified teachers, “tend to come up front.” Having frank discussions early on might make finding suitable podmates and forming a pod more difficult — but they can also contribute to the long-term success of the group, if you approach them with sensitivity and flexibility.
DIY Checklist to Set Up Your In-Home Learning Pod — from families.getselected.com
Olympia parents form ‘co-op style’ learning pods to support kids without a price tag — from theolympian.com vby Katie Hayes
Unschooling: The New School — from risingkashmir.com
The term unschooling was coined in the 1970s and used by educator John Holt, who is regarded as the father of unschooling
- Unschooled kids pursue Self-Directed Learning as they are free to choose what they want to learn and who they want to learn from
- Unschooling is becoming a trend in urban India with Bengaluru and Pune leading the chart
Learning is entirely interest driven not dictated or directed by an external curriculum, by teachers or by parents - Socialization, development and isolation are some of the demerits of unschooling
- Unschooling community is not claiming that their education model is better than regular schools but say that the latter is fundamentally flawed
- An individual’s calibre is what makes him/her a creator of circumstances or a creature of circumstances