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Llewellyn, Grace – 1991
This book presents suggestions for teenagers who are considering quitting schools. It argues that, for the most part, America's formal educational system hinders the acquisition of real-life learning and individual freedoms. Written specifically for adolescents, it offers guidelines for youth who decide to leave school and undertake home…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Experiential Learning, Home Schooling, Nontraditional Education
Leistico, Agnes – 1990
This book is the sequel to "I Learn Better By Teaching Myself," which argued that parents need to follow their personal parenting instincts and to trust that their students know what is best for themselves. Chapter 1 describes how the author's family became involved in home schooling. The second chapter describes how they set standards in the form…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Independent Study
Leistico, Agnes – 1994
This book offers suggestions to parents for implementing interest-initiated learning in home-school situations. Interest-initiated learning is based on three principles: (1) the learner initiates and controls learning according to his or her own interests; (2) the student's own priorities guide the learner; and (3) the teacher only enters the…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Instruction, Home Schooling