Editor's Note: Lydia Blanco Garza and her family hit the road 299 days ago. This unschooling essay is the first in a four-part series about the trials and tribulations of their not-so-tidy RV life. by Lydia Blanco-Garza - When we decided to embark on our RV family adventure across the United States, we didn't really think too much about homeschooling, much less unschooling. … [Read more...]
Transformative Art – An Interview with Stephan Wanger
By Jennifer Fontaine - The year was 1990, and I was a junior in high school. More than 50 percent of the students at my school participated in some sort of arts program from drama, speech, and debate to music and visual arts. So when we learned the School Board had voted to cut art-education funding that year by more than 25 percent, we organized a school-wide walkout. In the … [Read more...]