Acknowledgments. Introduction. The Broken Sword: Real Education in Our Lives and the Lives of Our Children. What We Can Do: Guerrilla Learning. The Five Keys to Guerrilla Learning. Key #1: Opportunity. Key #2: Timing. Key #3: Interest. Key #4: Freedom. Key #5: Support. Afterword: A More Beautiful Question. Appendix A: Testing Our Patience: Standardized Testing in the School System. Appendix B: Alternatives to Traditional Schooling. Index.
GRACE LLEWELLYN is the author of the classic Teenage Liberation Handbook and speaks widely on the subject of homeschooling. AMY SILVER teaches parenting workshops. Her children have been homeschooled and have also attended traditional and alternative schools.
"Useful for parents and teachers alike, this valuable book closely examines how young people learn and illuminates its practical advice with many stories that make for both insightful and enjoyable learning." (Library Journal, September 2001) "One of the most important books yet written on education and our current school-child crisis." (Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of Magical Child) "...it is a good, calming read..." (Adoption Today, April 2002)
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