Carlo Ricci is a full Professor at the Schulich School of Education, Nipissing University, Graduate Studies. He founded and edits the Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning (JUAL). He has published a number of books and articles. Among the books he has written and edited are, The Willed Curriculum, Unschooling, and Self-Direction: What Do Love, Trust, Respect, Care, and Compassion Have To Do With Learning? (2012); The Legacy of John Holt: A Man Who Genuinely Understood, Trusted, and Respected Children (co-edited with Pat Farenga) (2013); Turning Points: 35 Educational Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Stories (co-edited with Jerry Mintz) (2010); Natural Born Learners: Unschooling and Autonomy in Education (co-edited with Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko (2014). Holistic Pedagogy: The Self and Quality Willed Learning (2015) which he coauthored with Conrad Pritscher and is published by Springer; Homeschooling in New View: A Reader (2016) which he co-edited with Bruce Cooper, & Frances Spielhagen and is published by Information Age Publishing Inc.; Weigh and see: How I lost 35 pounds in 4 months. [A book about education, learning, health, and nutrition]; Farenga, P. & Ricci, C. (Series Eds.). (2016). Growing without schooling Volume 1 Issues 1-19: John Holt, Editor and Founder. HoltGWS LLC.

His research interests include Unschooling; Homeschooling; Holistic Education; Self-determined Learning; Free Schools; Democratic Schools; Online Learning; Technology and Learning; Play; Natural Learning; Curiosity; Willed Learning; the Willed Curriculum; and Healthy Living.

Patrick Farenga is a writer, publisher, and education activist who worked closely with the late author and teacher John Holt and continues his work today as the president of HoltGWS LLC.

Holt founded Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS), the nation’s first periodical about homeschooling, unschooling, and learning outside of school, in 1977. Pat continued publishing it from Holt's death in 1985 until it ceased publication in 2001.

Pat speaks as a homeschooling expert at education conferences around the world, as well as on commercial radio and television talk shows.

Pat is the author of many books, articles, and videos about homeschooling and unschooling (Holt's preferred term for learning without school curricula). He wrote the entries about homeschooling for the International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd Edition (Elsevier, 2010) and the online edition of Encyclopedia Britannica (2012). As a publisher, Pat's work includes reprinting Holt’s Escape From Children: The Needs and Rights of Children (HoltGWS, 2013) and as co-editor, contributor, and publisher of an original title, The Legacy of John Holt: A Man Who Genuinely Understood, Trusted, and Respected Children (HoltGWS, 2013). His most recent books are Teach Your Own (Hachette, 2021) and Growing Without Schooling, Vol. 5 (HoltGWS, 2023).