Deschooling Society

Ivan Illich

What if the right to learn is limited by the obligation to attend school, and how could learning be organized without it?

At a glance

You will stop confusing teaching with learning, grades with education and a diploma with competence
You will weigh the argument that universal education through schooling is not feasible, even with better teachers or new hardware
You will notice that most people, asked how they learned what they value, say they learned it outside school