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Storytellers who show the what and why of unschooling

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http://www.akilahsrichards.com/kenya/

Kenya Scott is a U.S.-based entrepreneur living between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and their 10-year-old son, Malcolm. Kenya and her husband saved their son from being caught up in the medicated student money-making system that pays Big Pharma and justifies treating black boys like non-humans who need medication and harsh punishments.

Thankfully, Kenya combined her experience with a level-headed pediatrician and a her own strong intuition to arrive at the truth: Malcolm didn’t need medication, he needed to be liberated from the school system. And that’s exactly what she and her husband did for their son.

In Episode 15, Kenya and I talk about the trauma black children face in the American school system, seeing the value in intentional learning communities, and why we should stop sleeping on Minecraft (yes, for real!). We also compare Sudbury Schools and ALCs (Agile Learning Centers) in terms of model (daily structure) and money (accessibility).

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(via The Power Of Unschooling: Why My Daughters Don't Go To School)

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An Immigrant Deschooler in a Native Unschooler’s World

It's often easy to differentiate immigrants from natives. Immigrants can try to immerse themselves into their native hosts' world as best they can. But they still end up speaking the native's language with an accent, sometimes they find some of the customs perplexing or approach them differently...

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Fear of the Free Black Child – Alternatives to Fear-Based Parenting Amid Police Violence

With police brutality threatening black children’s lives, it’s hard to let them be “carefree.” Here’s a powerful message on education and parenting for the life your kids deserve.

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How I'm Facing the Power I Hold As a Parent – And Becoming a More Feminist Parent

It's hard to sit with not being a “perfect” parent. Here's how recognizing oppression at home can help – and how you can show yourself some more compassion.

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3 Ways You've Been Taught You Can’t Be Trusted – And How Not to Pass That Onto Children

While we strive to teach children so they become responsible adults, too often we teach them to not trust themselves. And then we wonder why there are so many “broken children, living in grown bodies, mimicking adult lives.”

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKSM77XOFYQ)

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Common Core: Surveillance, Standardization, and the Sexualization of Children

Common Core brings children down to an equal level, training them to be obedient workers, encouraging their sexualization and mining data about their behaviors.

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Pulling Learning from Under the Rubble of Education

Education and learning are not the same.

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https://medium.com/@radicalselfie/how-to-design-your-life-from-childhood-probably-maybe-43c6cff2fcf7#.ma2psqgsw

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https://medium.com/@radicalselfie/6-noncoercive-learning-ideas-for-unschooling-families-975e7022c4e1#.eaurhjuz5

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The Freedom of Unschooling: Raising Liberated Black Children Without The Restrictions of School

My oldest daughter, Marley, is nurturing her interest in Voice Acting & Narration by reading a version of a personal essay I wrote in 2015. Read the full essay: https://medium.com/@radicalselfie/the-

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Boulder.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0u-pfcRo0I)  My daughters and I had great conversation inspired by this video. Learning and exploration show up anywhere we are present and willing.