Interview with Lora Smothers, July 5, 2016

Collection: Athens Oral History Project

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Description

Smothers relates her own educational experiences in traditional schools to her experience at the Freedom to Grow Unschool, an alternative school outside of Athens, Georgia. She discusses the "unschooling" philosophy, how it's applied at Freedom to Grow through interdisciplinary learning, and the challenges and rewards she has encountered as director of the school.

Date

2016-07-05

Identifier

RBRL361AOHP-020

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Duration

59 minutes



Citation

Lora Smothers and Iva Dimitrova, “Interview with Lora Smothers, July 5, 2016,” UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories, accessed October 4, 2024, https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/RBRL361AOHP/RBRL361AOHP-020.

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