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Tilhou, Rebecca C. – Democracy & Education, 2020
There is a faltering sense of democracy in America's current political climate due to polarized opinions about leadership's decisions and antagonistic political parties. John Dewey (1916) proposed that education is the place to foster democracy, as schools can provide a platform to actively engage students in authentic democratic experiences that…
Descriptors: Public Education, Democracy, Citizen Participation, Political Attitudes
Daniel Robb – Teacher Magazine, 2006
"Homeschooling," "deschooling," and "unschooling" are commonly used terms in the alternative-education world, but each lacks specificity. In this article, the author describes what he discovered during several visits to North Star. Known officially as North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens, it is not as…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Independent Study, Open Education, Free Schools