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Alfie Kohn Homepage
http://www.alfiekohn.org/  [report broken link]
Alfie Kohn has been described in Time magazine as "perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores."
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Alliance for the Separation of School and State
http://www.schoolandstate.org/  [report broken link]
We believe parents, and not the state, should be in charge of their children's education. That control may take many forms and levels of involvement, but the state will never be part of the picture.
- 3 Visitors: 3.33, 1 Members: 4

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Ami's Anti-School Zone
http://www.geocities.com/ami_ananka/  [report broken link]
Site aims to help as many kids as possible find a legal, non-violent way out of public school. Lots of information on alternatives and how to get your parents to let you do it.
- 2 Visitors: 3, 0 Members: 0

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Defendyoursites
http://defendyoursites.tripod.com/  [report broken link]
On this site, you will find guidelines for making your blog unpolicable, information on how to safely (without fear of school retaliation) protest any school rules that allow your school to punish you for what you post online.
- 3 Visitors: 1, 0 Members: 0

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Education Quotes
http://educationquotes.blogspot.com/  [report broken link]
Quotes about education by famous writers, philosophers, political leaders, and scientists.
- 4 Visitors: 1.25, 0 Members: 0

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Escape the Public Schools
http://www.soulawakenings.com/underground/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Escape+the+Public+Schools  [report broken link]
Links to sites, articles, Scholarship Funds, books, Homeschool Resources and other things regarting public schools.
- 3 Visitors: 1, 1 Members: 4

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FairTest
http://www.fairtest.org/  [report broken link]
The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial.
- 3 Visitors: 1, 0 Members: 0

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Freedom of Education
http://www.freedomofeducation.net/  [report broken link]
News, information, essays, and links promoting educational liberty and separation of school and state.
- 3 Visitors: 1, 0 Members: 0

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Full Text of 'Deschooling Society'
http://reactor-core.org/deschooling.html  [report broken link]
A very famous book by Ivan Illich, available in its entirety online!
- 3 Visitors: 1, 1 Members: 5

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highschooljournalism.org
http://www.highschooljournalism.org/  [report broken link]
Our primary interests are improving high school newspapers and bringing a diverse group of young people into journalism. The site is for students, journalism advisers, guidance counselors and daily newspaper editors.
- 3 Visitors: 1, 0 Members: 0

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Izzy`s Guide to Starting & Running an Underground Newspaper
http://www.oblivion.net/wiki/index.php/Table_of_Contents  [report broken link]
I hope, by this website, to give you advice on how to start your own paper and avoid the many pitfalls I faced back when I was a high school student.
- 3 Visitors: 1, 0 Members: 0

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John Taylor Gatto
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/  [report broken link]
An ex-teacher who speaks out about the damage schools cause to kids and society in general.
- 4 Visitors: 1.75, 1 Members: 5

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Learn in Freedom
http://www.learninfreedom.org  [report broken link]
Site arguing against school. Has lots of interesting homeschooling/unschooling stuff, and a section on nobel prize winners who hated school.
- 3 Visitors: 1, 1 Members: 4

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Life Is Cheese
http://www.geocities.com/lifealacheese/home  [report broken link]
I'm an angry kid. That's who I am. I go to school and am bored all day.
- 3 Visitors: 1, 0 Members: 0

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NoChildLeft.Com
http://www.nochildleft.com/  [report broken link]
With its narrow focus upon math and reading test scores, NCLB (No Child Left Behind) is seen by some as a dangerous experiment that threatens to disrupt and dilute the education of millions of children.
- 2 Visitors: 1, 0 Members: 0

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Not School
http://notschool.blogspot.com/  [report broken link]
A parent's blog about why they unschooled their 2 kids, and comments on the current state of "education".
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Parental Injunction Against Homework
http://www.webspawner.com/users/nohomework/parentalinjunct.html  [report broken link]
Parental Injunction Against the Temecula Valley Unified School District To Cease & Desist All Homework
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PeterHHennessy.com
http://www.peterhhennessy.com/  [report broken link]
Peter H Hennessy argues the case that public schooling in North America fails to cultivate in its students the independence of mind and moral autonomy needed for robust citizenship in a democracy.
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Project 7
http://www.project7.s5.com  [report broken link]
Have you ever asked yourself, is this really education, or is this just a prison to make me a better whore for capitalism? The world may say you need an education to get ahead in life, but if this is true, then what is life?
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Rate My Teachers
http://www.ratemyteachers.com/  [report broken link]
A site that allows you to rate the teachers at your school and leave comments about them.
- 0 Visitors: 0, 1 Members: 3

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Raven Days
http://www.ravendays.org/  [report broken link]
Schools should truly be safe for all their students. Someday perhaps they will be. But as long as they are not, there need to be places where current and former outsiders can gather, for support in dealing with the status quo, and for help in changing it. That is why Raven Days was created.
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Scared of School
http://www.scared-of-school.tk  [report broken link]
"This is a site for people just like us, teenagers who like to learn but are scared of school for various reasons. We looked everywhere for a support group or anything remotely similar to that but couldn't find anything."
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Schools, Spanking and Other Socially Acceptable Forms of Child Abuse
http://www.hdtl.org/ssosafca.shtml  [report broken link]
The tyranny of compulsory public schooling
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School Is Hell
http://school-is-hell.blogspot.com/  [report broken link]
Ned Vare's blog about the public schools and why they are so bad.
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School Reform.net
http://www.school-reform.net/  [report broken link]
As a social psychiatrist, I examine society much like a doctor examines a patient. One of the most troubling ailments that I encounter is our school system, which - without ever realizing it - harms the majority of our students.
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School Walkouts Info
http://schoolwalkouts.info/  [report broken link]
The National Lawyers' Guild and other local legal organizations have established this web site in order to assist students, teachers and parents so that you can both learn about your rights regarding school matters, and also let us know of problems you may have had because of walk-outs.
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Stop Homework
http://www.stophomework.com/  [report broken link]
Homework news and research as well as a forum where people can discuss homework issues.
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Students Against Testing
http://www.nomoretests.com/  [report broken link]
Students Against Testing was created to be a strong force against the score-obsessed education machine known as standardized testing. At the same time, SAT also exists as an advocate for bringing positive, creative and real-life learning activities into the schools. SAT believes that for the reasons stated below urgent action from the student body itself is the most direct way to counteract the boredom and petty competition that currently plagues the schools.
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The Official Website of Ocyras
http://ocyras.tk/  [report broken link]
"All of the information you need to get through school without dying of boredom."
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The Truancy
http://www.thetruancy.com/  [report broken link]
Truancy is a novel written by a student, for students, dedicated to everyone that has ever suffered in the name of education.
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Wes Walker's Homepage: Opposition to Year Round School
http://www.geocities.com/weswalker99/  [report broken link]
It is generally accepted that those of previous generations enjoyed a higher quality of education. Something changed. The calendar has not changed. Why is the calendar being blamed?
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Year-round School Calendar home page
http://www.summermatters.com/  [report broken link]
When school districts impose calendar reforms that shrink summer vacation they rob children of learning experiences that are critical to healthy development.
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Your Rights as a Public High School Student
http://members.tripod.com/~skyhawk13/rights1.html  [report broken link]
Info about what rights you have as a student in a US public high school. Has links to more info as well.
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