The Essential School Sucks - Introduction

An introduction to the 50 most essential episodes - curated, categorized, and sequenced for a new audience.

These shows will progress through five core topics (approximately 10 shows each)

• The Real Problems With School
• Leaving School and Finding Educational Alternatives
• The Principles of Critical Thinking and Self-Directed Learning
• Personal Development
• Information Literacy

If you...

• have growing concerns and frustrations about institutional schooling at all levels
• have children currently struggling through this experience
• are looking for alternatives and support
• are ready to challenge yourself

...then welcome.

School Sucks is a podcast, You Tube channel, and web community empowering parents and self-directed learners.
For 12 years we've promoted freedom in education, and we've called out covert indoctrination.

We discuss

• educational alternatives like homeschooling and unschooling,
• career freedom without college
• the principles of self-directed learning
• the strategies of critical thinking/information literacy
• and the rewards of self-knowledge/personal development

This is NOT a show about school reform.
The schools will not improve.
Higher education will not improve.
The politics around these institutions will not improve.

Only we can improve.