Everywhere All the Time: A New Deschooling Reader

Cultural Writing. Education. Debates about education often revolve around standardized testing, taxes and funding, teacher certification-everything except how to best help kids develop learning skills. EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME presents an array of historical and contemporary alternatives to traditional schooling, demonstrating that children's capacity to learn decreases as soon as they enter bureaucratic, institutional facilities. Trends point toward an increasing skepticism of the ability of public schools-and private ones, based on similar pedagogy-to give kids what they need to be healthy, self-directed life learners. Major themes in this book include: children's self-directed learning, encouraging community-building and participation from parents in the learning process, critical thinking for active engagement and democratic self-governance, and alleviating the negative psychological effects of traditional schooling methods. It also includes the voices and artwork of alternatively schooled children themselves.

Matt lives in Vancouver with his partners and daughters. He directs the Purple Thistle Centre (an alternative-to-school community center), is a founder of Vancouver Car-Free Day, author of Deschooling Our Lives and Field Day, and lectures widely. His writings have been published on six continents and in many languages.