"Imagine a four star hotel in one of
the wealthiest venues in the U.S.
Now see hundreds of children running up & down the stairs, playing in the elevators,
& laughing at the top of their lungs for a week-end without anyone trying to curtail their exuberant expressions.
Add to this their parents likewise having a ball as we improve the upward mobility of our minds in an atmosphere of discovery and joy.
Not a polyester suit in sight, nor necktie and forget about high heels. Is this scene possible in the 21st millennium?
I feel as if I had come home to my global family at this event.
There are as many ways that families come to homeschooling as there are families,
yet to understand that educating children at home is a radical act with profound political implications, has expanded my context of meaning and united
us as interdependent change agents for evolution.
It has become so clear to me why I don't want school to interfere with my children's education."
- Jeannine Parvoti Baker
. . . .
"It was an amazing, wonderful time. I learned so much. All the speakers
were incredible, sensitive, thoughtful people. I feel restored and hopeful
for the future. THANK YOU!"
. . . .
"This was our first conference and we loved it. "Thank you" doesn't say
enough, but thank you! I twas an amazing time and we appreciate your many
hours of work putting this together. Our lives will never be the same."
. . . .
"Kid Village was awesome! It was so big and such a variety of activities.
I loved how many of the workshops are not age specific. My 5 year old was
welcomed and helped at everything she tried. Mission accomplished!."
We are thrilled to announce...
our 12th International Conference on Rethinking Education.
Thursday, September 4 - Monday, September 8, 2008
Westin Park Central hotel, 20 minutes from DFW airport in Dallas, Texas, USA
You are enthusiastically invited to attend!
Click here for Registration Information
Click here to reserve your hotel room(s) at the Westin
Join hundreds of unschooling families from around the globe as we rethink the meanings of education, learning, parenting...and life! Rethinking Education supports attachment parenting, unconditional love, support for each person's unique journey of life experience, freedom with responsibility, unschooling and you. YOU are the vital ingredient at this conference, as we come together and revel in the magic and mystery of kindred spirits and each other's rich diversity, as we challenge ourselves to trust the extraordinary process of living and learning, the wondrous ability to improve the ways we communicate, discovering new ways of listening to one another, giving full support to our dreams, no matter how wild or ordinary, large or small.
Unschooling is vital to the profoundly intelligent development of our children. And yes, as adults we can even unschool ourselves... as you will discover.
You are invited! Are you ready?
Would you like to receive regular emailed updates on this year's conference happenings? If so, sign up here:
This year's unschool, out-of-the-box luminaries include:
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Bernie DeKoven
Valerie Fitzenreiter
Krenie Stowe
Rachel Gathercole
Dayna Martin
Jody Mclaughlin
Tracy Liebmann
Bob Collier
Maria Whitworth
Sunday Cote'
Sean Ritchey
Evan Hunter Wright
Check out Maria Whitworth's 'Top 10 things my children taught me... or
how to ensure a LONG and STRONG relationship with your kids
Mentoring!
... do you wish you could discuss your unschooling related questions, concerns and day to day conundrums with a diverse range of other unschool parents? Are you a new or struggling unschool family? Do you wish with a burning passion that your next door neighbors were wonderful, enlightened unschoolers so you could hang out with them everyday and revel in their wisdom and experience?
You're sure to reach them via Rethinking Education's yahoo group email list serve. Whether or not this will be your first yahoo group, signing up is easy: be sure to indicate whether you wish to receive one email at a time (you could get up to 20-30 emails a day in this case), a daily digest (just one email per day, when there is activity), or no emails (you have to go to the yahoo group site to read emails and can do this anytime you like).
Check out the conference discussion on MySpace!
Click here to sign up for the Rethinking Education yahoo group.
Once you have signed up, the emails begin and you can email the group directly with your questions, etc.
What some of our past conference participants tell us:
"This is the leading conference for thinkers-on-the-edge. I love being with people who live in balance with nature, with themselves and those around them - with children who have been lovingly nurtured & adults who follow their hearts with passionate devotion."
"This conference was truly the most
wonderful, enlightening and uplifting event I have ever attended."
Thank you... and we humbly agree!
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! My 2 daughters and I attended the
Rethinking Education Conference this past year for the first time. I loved
it!!! The weekend was a revelation
for me. I just kept thinking and saying, "this way of learning just makes
sense!" I think I experienced almost every emotion during the
conference...excitement, sense of freedom, love, happiness, joy...but also
fear, frustration, jealousy, sadness, and even anger. I feel so thankful
that there are leaders like you who help to bring people together who share
common interests, beliefs, and values.
Again, thank you! You are an angel in our lives. My husband, the girls,
and I plan on attending the Conference again next year."
"I think this conference was my favorite, although I say that every year. It
feels like such a safe wonderful village, appearing once a year, like
Brigadoon.
It's always so wonderful to see new people having those doors open in their
minds, as mine did, people putting words to your thoughts, affirming what
you hoped was right and true."
2007 CONFERENCE MOVIE
Rethinking Education is THE conference that brings families together to
celebrate education as LIFE!
"Let us put our minds together & see what we will make for our children."
- Chief Sitting Bull
• Unschool families, experienced and novice
• Families who don't currently unschool, but want to
• Adults & families in support of freedom & respect for children
• Alternative education educators, writers and thinkers
• Alternative education administrators, directors, principals
Rethinking Education graciously thanks the following sponsors:
Check out our list of sponsors!