Akilah S. Richards

26
Aug
The Power Of Unschooling: Why My Daughters Don’t Go To School

The Power Of Unschooling: Why My Daughters Don’t Go To School

How does a 10-year-old Atlanta-based black girl with Jamaican parents, shoulder-length locs, and zero interest in school become deeply…
1 min read
09
Aug
How Learning Happens in Unschooling

How Learning Happens in Unschooling

My daughters watched the video of Korryn Gaines and read some articles that offered speculation on what happened.
2 min read
11
Jul
A Podcast for People of Color in the Self-Directed Education Movement

A Podcast for People of Color in the Self-Directed Education Movement

UPDATE: Fare of the Free Child is Live
6 min read
18
Jun
3 Ways You’ve Been Taught You Can’t Be Trusted — And How Not to Pass That Onto Children

3 Ways You’ve Been Taught You Can’t Be Trusted — And How Not to Pass That Onto Children

Originally posted on EverydayFeminism.com.
8 min read
10
May

Helping Our Children Practice Confident Autonomy — Alternative Learning Advocates

Lainie Liberti and Miro Siegel are fascinating people. In 2009, the single mother and son duo decided together to take the year of yes…
2 min read
25
Apr
That Time Beyoncé’s LEMONADE Inspired the Hella Black Feminist Version of The Matrix

That Time Beyoncé’s LEMONADE Inspired the Hella Black Feminist Version of The Matrix

I made it a point not to read any reviews or other perspectives about LEMONADE, Beyoncé’s latest visual album until I watched it myself. I…
4 min read
18
Apr
Pulling Learning from Under the Rubble of Education

Pulling Learning from Under the Rubble of Education

Education and learning are not the same.
3 min read
13
Apr

Why Erykah Badu’s Respectability Politics Aren’t the Problem

Have you been watching the storm of backlash that Queen of Woke, Erykah Badu, is getting from her tweets about girls’ skirts and men’s…
2 min read
23
Mar
How To Design Your Life From Childhood. Probably. Maybe.

How To Design Your Life From Childhood. Probably. Maybe.

Since appearing on The Steve Harvey Show to discuss parenting, I’ve gotten a barrage of questions about what our children do all day, since…
6 min read
18
Mar
6 Ways to Engage an Unschooling Child in Noncoercive Reading & Spelling

6 Ways to Engage an Unschooling Child in Noncoercive Reading & Spelling

I recently put the finishing touches on a new lecture in my Unschooling for Entrepreneurs course. Students asked for ideas to help counter…
2 min read