Unwillingly to school. (formal education)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: Rankin, Aidan | Copyright information

Housing cooperative activists Jim and Margaret Thompson withdrew their two children from formal education school because of dissatisfaction with the system. The Thompsons are members of Education Otherwise, an organization that permits parents to have their children's education at home, or in small groups managed by co-operative principles. They encountered a number of negative issues associated with the school environment which include bias concerns and the labeling of their son as disruptiv...

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