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Home Learning Without School: Is It Possible to Raise Curious, Educated, and Social Children Outside the System?

At the end of August there is a particular scent in Israel. The scent of nylon wrappers, of equipment lists circulating in WhatsApp groups, of parents trying to remember whether they bought a 15‑line notebook or a 20‑line one. Millions of families are organizing for the September 1 bell, and it is an exciting preparation — a new start, old friends, a teacher they have not yet met. Within that picture there are families asking a completely different question. Not "Which grade is he entering" but "Does he even need to step into a classroom at all." To many parents this question sounds subversive, perhaps even dangerous. But if you strip away the emotional layer, what remains is a perfectly legitimate educational question: Does a child really have to spend most of his school‑age hours inside a class of about thirty students in order to grow into a curious, learned, and socially connected person? The post "Home Learning Without School: Is It Possible to Raise Curious, Educated, and Social Children Outside the System?" first appeared in Salona.

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