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Kids Who Don't Go To School

Originally Aired 4/04/13 | Tagged:    Video   

Jeff meets parents with children that don't attend school in the traditional sense.  First, Jeff meets Dayna, a mother of four who "un-schools" her kids.  With no formal guidelines, they choose what they want to learn about, without any sort of curriculum guiding them at all.  Can you educate a child without textbooks, quizzes, and classrooms?  Jeff talks with Devin, Dayna's 13-year-old son, to learn how his experiences differ from those of other kids.  Then, Jeff sits down with Connie, a mother who pulled her daughter Shanaya out of school when her academic progress far exceeded her peers.  Now, Shanaya is a 13-year-old high school graduate, and Jeff learns about their learning philosophy.  Plus, Jeff helps special guest Lisa Whelchel figure out what she's looking for in a man, and a poet has 60 seconds to try to entertain Jeff.

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