Kerry McDonald is an education policy writer whose articles have appeared in Forbes, Newsweek, Reason, Education Next, City Journal, and Natural Mother and Green Child magazines and on NPR, among others. She has a BA in economics from Bowdoin College, a master’s degree in education from Harvard University, and is a board member at the Alliance for Self-Directed Education. The mother of four never-been-schooled children, she blogs at WholeFamilyLearning.com and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of childhood than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in society. Many are now exploring and creating alternatives. In a compelling narrati... SEE MORE