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Schooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the Future

Schooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the Future

by Kerry McDonald | Nov 1, 2017 | Inspiration

Our current compulsory schooling model was created at the dawn of the Industrial Age. As factories replaced farm work and production moved swiftly outside of homes and into the larger marketplace, 19th century American schooling mirrored the factories that most...

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