064 – S3 E1 – “We need to work on changing people's mindset around what education is. Around how children learn.” - Fran

homeroom is an international podcast bridging the education gap between the classroom and the living room by starting conversations impacting the next generation. In this episode, I speak with Fran, a writer, unschooler, and consent-based education advocate about her education journey, which began in Italy. We talk about how her early interests in humanities and dream of becoming a writer led to her pursuing a career in journalism before she became a mother who decided to give unschooling a try. Fran shares the authors who informed her early thoughts on children’s liberation, and about Carol Black’s vision of turning schools into a meeting space that is powered by the expertise of members in the local community. Check out our conversation, join our ongoing discourse on social media, and subscribe for more. https://www.instagram.com/homeroomed You can also find a computer-generated transcript of our episode at https://www.homeroomed.com — Fran is a writer, unschooler and child advocate. She writes about living in partnership with young people, mothering, child liberation and life without school at alifeunschooled.substack.com. She has a background in Montessori education and is working towards a Masters in Early Childhood Education. Francesca lives with her two unschooled children, husband and dog on an island in Maine. https://www.instagram.com/radical.mothering Rée is a visual storyteller and educator exploring the consequences that mass education has on creativity, identity, and interpersonal connection. https://www.instagram.com/theinterdisciplinarian