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What if children didn't go to school? | BBC Radical

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School is one of the great unquestioned assumptions of childhood. It’s where children go to learn, make friends and prepare for adult life. But what if the conventional classroom isn’t the best place for every child to thrive? And what if some children would be better off without school altogether? Developmental psychologist Naomi Fisher believes that school is not the best, or the only, way for children to get a good education. She joins Gabriel Gatehouse to make the case for homeschooling and ‘unschooling’, arguing that many children can learn best when they’re free to follow their interest…

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