Social Media Helps Spread "Unschool" Movement

Social media makes “unschooling” easier than ever, but what does it all mean, and where will it lead? Unschooling, also known as natural or independent learning, is an alternative to traditional education that’s been gaining momentum online recently.

Social media makes “unschooling” easier than ever, but what does it all mean, and where will it lead?

Unschooling, also known as natural or independent learning, is an alternative to traditional education that’s been gaining momentum online recently.

Teenager Logan LaPlante makes a very good case for it in this TED talk. He calls it hackschooling:

But while he seems to be doing just fine without conventional schooling, Jaden Smith’s recent Twitter outburst really isn’t convincing us that he’s better off without a traditional education. Or

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