nellebelle

The article is about increasing diversity in homeschool families.
Unschooling is mentioned too. It doesn't sound quite like unschooling to
me, but I don't know if this is what Townsend actually said to the reporter,
or if she worded it the way she did to sound better to the general public,
or if she thinks supervising exercises based on her son's interest is
unschooling.

At least her unschooling is presented positively in the article.

Mary Ellen

http://www.tribnet.com/news/story/3189152p-3213417c.html

Hands-on lessons - as a family Home schooling diversifies
JIM SZYMANSKI; The News Tribune

snip----Townsend practices "unschooling," a relatively new movement within
the home-school movement. Rather than dictating lessons to her sons, she
allows them to determine subjects they want to learn more about.

For example, after her sons read a book about flying bats, Townsend said she
supervised exercises during which her sons made bat costumes, visited an art
studio to paint bats, and researched the history of bats.------