KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS.

Typically an hour long, sometimes followed with Q&A. Talk to Pat Farenga about special topics you want him to address for your event.

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Alternatives to School and the Future of Alternative Schooling. A look at A.S. Neill, the founder of Summerhill School, and John Holt, a founder of the homeschooling movement, and their divergent thoughts about education. Then a projection of where our freedom of choice in education is leading us.

Schools are from Mars, Homeschoolers are from Earth. Why schools and homeschoolers aren’t talking about the same thing when we talk about children and learning, and how we can communicate better.

Teach Your Own: 26 Years Later. How schooling has changed and homeschooling developed since John Holt first published Growing Without Schooling magazine in 1977.

John Holt: A Life Worth Living. A biographical presentation about Holt’s life, his 10 books, and how he went from school reformer to unschooler.

Learning Outside the Box. Schooling is not the same as education, and education has now been disconnected from learning. How homeschooling reconnects education to active learning.

WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS.

These are typically 90 minutes long with audience participation.

Learning Without a Curriculum. How unschooling works in theory and practice.

Homeschooling: Demographics, Size, and Growth. Describes the history and major themes and issues of homeschooling.

Allowing Children To Do Real Work. Ideas and stories about helping children learn by involving them in real work with adults.

Homeschoolers and Libraries. Why public libraries are prime resources for homeschoolers and what sorts of issues emerge when they use them.

TEACH YOUR OWN: AN UNSCHOOLING SEMINAR. Click here for more information on these 3 hour seminars.