The Joy of Learning
Katy Purviance, Haide Wall GiesbrechtFounder of Washington's first outdoor Self-Directed Education center. I write for parents leaving conventional school and teachers burning out inside it. Subscribe to learn what's really happening to kids, and why there's a better way.
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The School System Isn't Broken. It Was Built This Way.
A reader left a comment on a recent article here that made me feel, for a moment, less alone. She wrote: “We know the answers but nothing is changing. Capitalism benefits from the public school system we currently have. Capitalism requires...
Why the Best Teachers Are Suffering the Most, and What the Research Actually Says
You became a teacher because you believed something about children. You believed they were curious, capable, and worth protecting. You believed that what happened in your classroom mattered, that your presence in their lives could make a di...
Your Child Was Born Burning to Figure Things Out. School Taught Them to Stop.
Before the first worksheet, before the first report card, before the first time a teacher told your child to sit still and pay attention, your child was already one of the most sophisticated learners on the planet.
By age five, the average...
Why I Built a Page on Our Website to Tell Some Parents We're Not Right for Them
I get a lot of inquiries from parents who are done with public school. They’ve hit a wall. Their kid is miserable, or they’re watching their kid slowly become someone they don’t recognize, and they’ve finally decided that something has to c...
Schools Don’t Just Fail to Develop Critical Thinkers. They Punish Them.
A researcher at Williams College set out to study variations in curiosity across elementary school classrooms. She had to abandon the study. The problem was not funding or methodology. As researcher Susan Engel later wrote, there was “such...
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Founder of WA's first outdoor Self-Directed Education center. I help parents understand why their kids are struggling in school and what to do about it. Book a consulting session: https://tidycal.com/purviancekaty
I’m a counsellor, partner, and mother, exploring life with intention and authenticity. I share reflections and musings from the therapy room and everyday life, including insights from being neurotypical in a neurodivergent family.
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