Argues that the home-schooling movement enables teachers, parents, and children to step outside the traditional concept of education and discover how it is possible to teach and learn in various nontraditional ways. Contains 31 references. (DDR)

Traces the development of John Holt's educational philosophy. His initial realization that forcing children to learn stifled their initiative and creativity led to efforts at school reform that were not welcomed by the school establishment. The idea that education is a community function rather than an institutional function moved him to…