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Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education Paperback – February 1, 2011

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The most powerful new ideas in education are coming from the families that have given up on schools. From his experience with homeschoolers and unschoolers, education guru Clark Aldrich distills a revolutionary manifesto of 55 core ''rules'' that reboots our vision of childhood education and the role of schools. The include:

● Learn to be; learn to do; learn to know.
● Tests don't work. Get over it. Move on.
● What a person learns in a classroom is how to be a person in a classroom.
● Animals are better than books about animals.
● Internships, apprenticeships, and interesting jobs beat term papers, textbooks, and tests.
● The only sustainable answer to the global education challenge is a diversity of approaches.

This accessible book provides you with a path forward, whether you're a parent or teacher, a school administrator, or a national policy decision maker.

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February 1, 2011
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Clark Aldrich is a global education thought leader, labeled a guru by Fortune Magazine. He works with corporate, military, government, and academic organizations at both the board level and as a hands-on implementer. His projects have been patent winning and earned millions globally. He is the author of four earlier books and scores of articles; is the recipient of numerous industry awards; created dozens of educational simulations (including the most popular leadership simulation in the world); was the founder of Gartner's eLearning coverage; and has a degree in Cognitive Science from Brown University. His work has been featured in hundreds of sources, including CBS, ABC, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, NPR, CNET, Business 2.0, BusinessWeek, and U.S. News and World Reports.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1608321169
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Greenleaf Book Group (February 1, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781608321162
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1608321162
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #83,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #42 in Education Reform & Policy

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Why can't schools teach leadership?

Or innovation?

The answer is sobering. Lectures, term papers, workbooks, and tests were never designed to help us grow beyond the classroom.

Clark Aldrich is the world's authority on content that improves thinking and actions in the real world.

Aldrich is the leading designer of educational simulations and Short Sims for professionals, and an award-winning industry analyst. A philosopher/practitioner, Aldrich has created and continues to evolve the first rigorous pedagogy around "learning to do" in educational media. He and his work have appeared widely including in The New York Times, CNN, and CBS.

Aldrich works with corporations, universities, the US military (where he held Top Secret clearance), non-profits, government organizations, and VCs to create new models of scalable lifelong education that deliver growth, while being less wasteful and more fair.

Aldrich, who received his degree in Cognitive Science from Brown University, balances hands-on, practical work with strategic engagements.

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Hanah Toone

short and to the point

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 30, 2022

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-I recommend for anyone wanting to dip their toe into unschooling
-broad overview to open your mind and heart to new ideas

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GottaGetTheGear

Encouragement for unschooling parents

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 25, 2022

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As an unschooling parent I am constantly questioned by friends and relatives which causes me to again question my decisions. So I read books like this over and over again to remind myself why I do the things I do and to strengthen my conviction all over again.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 8, 2022

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This book was validating. We have done traditional, Montessori, and home school. This book validates what we have seen and and felt over the years

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PETUNIA05

Unschooling Does Rule....

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 17, 2011

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I have been convinced by others in the unschooling movement that this method or train of thought does work. I have seen it work in our family with my three sons, one of whom is autistic. I have basically unschooled for the better part of 8 years of homeschooling and my son just took the Iowa Based Assessment Test (just to see where he was at and what he needed to concentrate on to get into college this next semester)and he scored 2nd year college level in everything except Math which was age appropriate. My son just turned 16 in March and will be going to college in the fall. He has never taken a test except the one I mentioned above, and he still has learned through experience, doing things he is interested in, and following his own path through this world. I think that Mr. Aldrich backs this up through his examples in the book about the way a lot of people view the electronics of our time (yes - children can play electronics and still learn!) He also follows the unschooling path by the way his whole book is laid out - wandering from one thought or fact to the next. This book is an easy read (I read it in a couple of hours)and it is uncomplicated and clearly thought out, provoking the reader to rethink their opinions about public school and that there is clearly another way for children to learn without the stress of government intervention.

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CH47

Amazing!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 24, 2021

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This was a quick read, it was straight too the point, contained great resources/info/inspiration, and it was exactly what I was hoping for. I just started homeschooling my kids which is looking a lot like ‘unschooling’ right now. This book is a great resource for anyone curious about or doing unschooling, homeschooling, and similar… It’s the best book about this topic that I’ve read so far.

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Frank A Saucedo Jr

Every Parent Should Read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 9, 2022

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This is a thought provoking book. The ideas incorporated in it can only benefit our children's lives and education. I fully intend to use these techniques with my child.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 21, 2012

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I am very disappointed. This is not a real book. It is a list of chapters that are a little over a page long each, and contain very little in the way of useful information. I was especially offended by the several times the author claims that calculus is a waste of time, should only be mentioned in history lessons, and is only used by engineers and mathematicians. I disagree very very much. My husband and I are both chemists, and calculus is the gateway to understanding the natural world. I personally only have a bachelor's degree and cannot claim to be good at or even have a good understanding of calculus, but my husband uses it daily in his work, and he is neither an engineer nor a mathematician! Anyone who does anything in the physical sciences needs to be able to use calculus.

Even before I got to the parts about calculus being a waste of time, I was already annoyed I had spent money on such a useless book! There is absolutely no useful information in it. A waste of time unless you like reading things that just make you feel good about your decision to homeschool/unschool/whatever. I personally find such things a waste of my time. I feel good by doing things, not by reading someone else's opinion on what I happen to be doing. I'd rather be reading a novel, or even a calculus textbook! I was hoping for a book with constructive ideas, not a litany of public schooling criticisms and abstract ideas of what homeschooling should be about.

I did finish the book. It took me less than 2 hours to read the whole thing start to finish, and what a waste of 2 hours that was! I got not a single thing out of it that I didn't already know. Plus, as a bonus, I got to be annoyed by the author's assumption that my children are "average" and would be wasting their time learning higher maths and sciences. Not everyone can make money writing books full of useless drivel. Some of us like to actually have the brains and innate curiosity to learn how the world works at the atomic or subatomic level. My children are the future, and I don't mean the future burger flippers of the world!

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Sarah Gariety

Agree with much of what's discussed

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 8, 2017

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This book is easy to read and short and sweet, which I appreciate as a parent. I found myself nodding and agreeing with much of what was said but there are a few moments where the author exaggerates the negative impacts of traditional schooling/parenting (Stockholm syndrome, prison, etc.) and that's coming from a parent who has fully embraced unschooling and Acton Academy. I think there are big issues with traditional schooling and it can be damaging but I can honestly see some of the positives as well. Nothing is that simple and black and white. Let's get rid of the bad and embrace the good. I feel I'm naturally drawn to disruptive education but maybe there's still a part of me that hasn't unlearned my own experience with traditional schooling. Maybe I'm on the fence between disruptive education and educational reform. Maybe I have more unschooling to do myself!

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Natasha

Thought provoking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 22, 2019

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Great little read.
Thought provoking and inspiring to anyone considering unschooling, home education or even debating about the current education system consumed by the masses.

Dolly Bantry

Nice to dip in and out of

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 11, 2014

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I'd already read a fair amount on unschooling before I ordered this book, and as other reviews have mentioned, it doesn't perhaps go into the level of detail that anyone familiar with the subject might require. However, I think it's a great summary for anyone new to it, and more than that, it's a very readable reminder of all those things that are too easily forgotten in the face of the onslaught of objections and criticism from the pro-compulsory education sorts.

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Roni Coggins

Interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 27, 2018

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Interesting but more use for USA quite hard core found it a bit dated very philosophical

LJ Beccacci

Meh, not blown away

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 20, 2018

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Not blown away by the book. Didn’t really learn anything I didn’t already know.

Sylvia

Good information

Reviewed in Spain 🇪🇸 on November 2, 2021

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I found it a bit hard to understand at time but that’s because I’m not a native English speaker. However, that doesn’t lower the standard of the book and its valuable insightful information. I can definitely recommend reading it and hope that many people will so that the educational system will change for the better.

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