A new page, About, has been added to my Educational Rights notebook for My Idea Outlet. The contents can be found below.
There is a serious problem in America with how we prioritize schooling over education. Independent learners almost certainly make up the most mistreated segment of the American population. Employers openly discriminate against anyone who learns outside of the schools. The government provides citizens with financial incentives to allow schools to control the educational process. We are bombarded with all sorts of pro-schooling/anti-educational propaganda, and most people never develop a fundamental understanding of how schooling differs from education.
Over the years, I have found a number of organizations that dare to put education above schooling. Some are in the form of unschooling support groups. One promotes self-directed education. Another promotes an alternative to college. Consistently, these organizations seem to miss some key bigger picture elements.
Most organizations that support pro-educational values make society sound more tolerant than the unfortunate reality. The simple truth is that independent learners are placed at an unfair disadvantage when compared with those who learn in schools. As far as I'm aware, there is no organization that is willing to make a broad push to address the numerous ways in which independent learners are mistreated.
The uncomfortable reality of our schooling system is that it was built off of blatantly anti-educational values. For anyone willing to actually look, these values are still highly visible. By pushing the idea that all education must be confined to the schools, we are effectively waging war on educational rights.
I have decided to brainstorm about the roles that a broad educational rights organization could perform. Because this is a brainstorming project, there should be both good and bad ideas mixed in. Among my goals is to address disadvantages aimed at independent learners as well as improving accessibility to educational resources.
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