Ah, yes, Peter Gray is the author of the article submitted here (which I think was submitted once or twice before, with no comments). I have read part of his recently published book, in which he extends his argument. Education policy is the issue that drew me to participate on Hacker News,[1] and I'm glad to see that so many participants, from the founder on to the new members from the last year or two, enjoy thinking about and checking facts on education issues.
On my part, I chose the trade-offs of time, energy, and expense to homeschool our children so that they would be in a position to learn in freedom[2] and make a lot of decisions about their own education. So far the one child of ours who has grown up to live independently in the outside world (also an occasional participant here) is glad that he had that kind of education. He wrote to me for Father's Day, saying, "That has made it very easy for me to step into a leadership position and feel very comfortable in positions of responsibility."
Some people survive the prison environment of school and go on to great things.[3] That doesn't mean that we have to organize schools as we now do. We should be sensitive to opportunities to organize schools in ways that promote young people having responsibility and freedom to grow while they are still minors.
[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4728123
[2] http://learninfreedom.org/
[3] http://learninfreedom.org/Nobel_hates_school.html
On my part, I chose the trade-offs of time, energy, and expense to homeschool our children so that they would be in a position to learn in freedom[2] and make a lot of decisions about their own education. So far the one child of ours who has grown up to live independently in the outside world (also an occasional participant here) is glad that he had that kind of education. He wrote to me for Father's Day, saying, "That has made it very easy for me to step into a leadership position and feel very comfortable in positions of responsibility."
Some people survive the prison environment of school and go on to great things.[3] That doesn't mean that we have to organize schools as we now do. We should be sensitive to opportunities to organize schools in ways that promote young people having responsibility and freedom to grow while they are still minors.
[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4728123
[2] http://learninfreedom.org/
[3] http://learninfreedom.org/Nobel_hates_school.html