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Kerry McDonald on Unschooling and Homeschooling’s Massive Growth

July 20, 2021 By Brendon Marotta

Kerry McDonald talks about the massive growth of homeschooling and unschooling after the Covid-19 pandemic, and how you can start unschooling with your children.

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Kerry McDonald is a Senior Education Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education, author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom, and an adjunct scholar at The Cato Institute.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

  • [2:00] What is unschooling
  • [4:30] What does unschooling and schooling look like in comparison to government schooling and how it’s trying to be different
  • [6:10] How Covid-19 has changed homeschooling and unschooling
  • [11:03] How children learn and how parents can support and facilitate that learning
  • [13:27] What misconceptions people who were brought up in the system have on homeschooling
  • [18:03] How homeschooling has expanded in the past year
  • [19:21] Kerry’s experience and journey to homeschooling
  • [25:57] The first steps to exploring your child’s education in homeschooling
  • [29:45] The process of finding the best option for your child
  • [35:14] How to incorporate non-academic activities into your schooling
  • [39:07] How to spark your child’s interests
  • [40:20] Stereotypes of homeschooling
  • [42:44] The difference in outcome between homeschooling and public education
  • [45:56] Navigating college and how to prepare your child for an unknown future

Resources:

  • Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom by Kerry McDonald
  • Kerry McDonald Bio

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Ari Hershkowitz on Hasidic Jewish Change

July 6, 2021 By Brendon Marotta

Ari Hershkowitz talks about his journey and experiences in the Hasidic Jewish community explored in the Netflix documentary One of Us (2017).

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We discuss Ari’s healing journey, return to the Hasidic community, and how the Jewish community is changing.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

  • [1:00] What a Hasidic Jewish Community looks like
  • [2:21] Ari’s current stance in his community
  • [4:47] Journey to change within the Hasidic community and the specific changes being made
  • [6:26] The cause of these changes
  • [7:31] Fears and control of information flow
  • [8:27] Why New York is the home for a Hasidic Jewish community
  • [10:00] Ari’s Journey to questioning and leaving his community
  • [14:51] Ari’s involvement with the documentary crew and experience with film One of Us
  • [16:34] Ari’s experiences post leaving the community
  • [18:51] School and education within the Hasidic Jewish community
  • [19:6] Best and worst of leaving
  • [21:09] Ari’s discoveries of other religions and experiences post leaving the community
  • [23:40] Ari’s return back to living with the community
  • [25:27] Ari’s hopeful changes for the community
  • [28:02] Ari’s journey to self-recovery and healing
  • [29:44] Sexual abuse and how it’s handled in the community
  • [32:44] Footsteps and mental health organizations in the documentary “One of Us” and how to get involved
  • [34:09] How the Hasidic Jewish community see other Jewish communities and perceive criticism from the outside
  • [39:00] Criticism of circumcision and anti-semitism
  • [41:44] Generational trauma and finding ways to have an understanding between outsiders and people within the community
  • [45:11] Jewish Identity defined
  • [47:51] Where Ari is today and his next steps moving forward
  • [48:55] Community and reaction to the Netflix Documentary

Resources:

  • One of Us (2017) on Netflix
  • Ari Hershkowitz Website
  • Ari on Instagram / Facebook

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