Episode 72: On Homeschooling

Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller contemplate the merits and problems with Homeschooling (and other forms of alternative education) in comparison to the public school system by first discussing the situation on the ground in...South Dakota?

Once hearing your two favorite Luddites pontificate on a podcast, read the revealing and pointed investigation of the American educaiton system in their five-star rated tome, The Center Cannot Hold: A Critical Look at Contemporary Education, available exclusively through Amazon.

What is The Old School?

Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller lead an informal discussion between a current and a former teacher on topics that challenge "best practices" in contemporary education. In keeping with Neil Postman (1979), we support the conserving function of education: “Its aim at all times is to make visible the prevailing biases of a culture and then, by employing whatever philosophies of education are available, to oppose them.”