Episode 448 • • 1:24:25 - 1:29:11
448: Lucy the Luddite
Unschooling and the Slave Ship Exercise in Chicago Schools
A discussion on "unschooling" leads to a report of a controversial educational exercise in a Chicago grammar school. Students reportedly had their hands bound and were forced to lie side-by-side in a dark auditorium to simulate the experience of a slave ship, leading some parents to pull their children from the school.