Educational Opportunities & Unschooling
presentation by Kerry McDonald
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Nackey Loeb in Manchester, NH
Meet and Greet at 5:15pm
Presentation at 6:00pm
Book sale and signing
Kerry McDonald is an outspoken blogger for the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and Intellectual Takeout, policy advisor to the Heartland Institute, and author of the recently published book Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom.
Tickets available on Eventbrite.
This is our first fundraiser for School Choice for NH! Your donations help us inform, engage, and empower families, community leaders, and concerned citizens about educational opportunities that benefit children as well as efforts that may expand or restrict these options. As a small non-profit, every bit helps us fulfill our mission and we are very grateful for your support.
Your generous donations are used for community events such as homeschool presentations and advocate workshops, printing and mailing communication efforts, outreach on social media, and ongoing website costs. We have plans to grow our resources and events! Your help will go a long way to making them happen.
Reviews of Kerry’s new book, Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom.
“Kerry McDonald is leagues ahead of the rest of the education reform community. This book demonstrates why. McDonald’s robust evidence of high-quality education without schooling forces us to consider something that makes everyone feel very uncomfortable: our system of compulsory schooling may do more harm than good.” —Corey DeAngelis, author of Doing More with Less and The School Choice Voucher
“Kerry McDonald’s Unschooled is a remarkable overview of the growing grassroots movement away from institutionalized education and toward self-directed learning in our homes and communities.” —Patrick Farenga, author of Teach Your Own and publisher of Growing Without Schooling magazine and www.HoltGWS.com
“Whether you’re currently unschooling, curious about unschooling, or simply know that something’s not right with the institutionalized educational model, Kerry McDonald’s Unschooled is an invaluable resource. To read it is to realize just how rich education can be.” —Ben Hewitt, author of Home Grown
“This well-researched, inspiring book clearly demonstrates that self-directed education supports each person’s innate curiosity and drive to learn. While the form it takes is unique to the individual, experience shows it typically fosters confidence, community engagement, and an abiding love of learning. Hope is right here in these pages.” —Laura Grace Weldon, author of Free Range Learning
“Unschooled manages to offer everything: a coherent history lesson, fascinating profiles, an explanation of how self-directed learning works, and an overview of innovative programs, all delivered in a lively, encouraging voice.” —Grace Llewellyn, author of The Teenage Liberation Handbook and Guerrilla Learning
“This book makes a compelling case for giving kids back their brains, time, curiosity, drive—and joy!” —Lenore Skenazy, president of Let Grow and founder of Free-Range Kids
“Unschooled is a wonderful book, enviably balanced between rock-solid data and warm-hearted stories about real families and real young people who have flourished outside our country’s factory-inspired school systems. It’s not the first book to see how bright and interesting the world can be outside the soiled—and, these days, often barred—windows of America’s schools, but it’s fresh, convincing, and clearly written.” —Robert Epstein, PhD, senior research psychologist, American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, and author of Teen 2.0: Saving Our Children and Families from the Torment of Adolescence
