Welcome To BetterSchooling
One-size-fits-all education is a relic of the industrial age. Our world is radically different, and changing fast.
Picture a world where your child sets the pace and learns at their own speed, and is free to pursue their own interests
We know more about how we learn and that learning is not just about rote memorization or cognitive skills. Learning requires nurturing the cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual.
Ours is the first generation in the history of humankind to not know what careers will exist 15 years from now. Instead of using dated curriculum we must help children learn to learn, through their lives.
Over the last 100 years, the world has changed immensely, with new technologies and ways of life emerging. Surprisingly, schools haven't changed much.
Traditional schools often use unchanged curriculum and old ways of teaching that may not be interesting, scientific or helpful for all students.
An emphasis on standardized curriculum on testing almost always turns into an emphasis on shallow surface skills and teaching to test.
Traditional schools have far too many students in one class. Teachers simply do not have enough time to help students with their unique needs.
There are are multiple alternatives to age-segregated education and fixed curricula
Alternative schooling does not mean kids do as they please and laze around. Good alternative approaches find ways to make challenges meaningful.
Traditional schools stigmatize mistakes and create the wrong illusion that there is one right method. The world is complex, interconnected, and changing. What was right once can quickly become wrong. And there is one path to excellence.
Life does not come with textbooks, teachers, and tests. We have to figure it out. On our own and with the help of our tribe.
We are meaning making machines. Our superpower is taking in ambiguity and ignorance and transforming it into meaningful patterns. Traditional schooling hides the real and cocoons children in the abstract and arbitrary.
So many of us think that our current education system is good because it has survived the test of time. We forget how recent it is and what its roots are.
Alternative schooling and homeschooling offer a path to unconventional careers. But that does not mean they cannot lead to success on conventional paths. Sahal is a homeschooler who ranked 33rd in the 2010 IIT entrance exam at the age of 14.
We are parents who rejected the standard approach because we know something far better is possible and needed. Come help us make it happen.
Are you an alternative schooler or homeschooler? Share your journey and help others learn what is possible.
We need help spreading the word, creating projects, building apprenticeships — and discovering what might know just yet.
Get in touch with interested families in your neighbourhood or city and make help bring alternatives to millions
The alternative schooling landscape is vast. Here are some common and increasingly popular new ones. Please note that how these ideas are translated into practice may vary from school to school.
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BetterSchooling is a resource for Indian families to learn more about alternative schooling and alternative learning tools and resources. Some of our products include,
