John Holt, the “grandfather” of homeschooling, shook up the education establishment and launched many parents’ thoughts about better ways to teach their children. In this book he lays out his basic arguments about how schools fail our children, and he offers a wealth of inspiring ideas for what to do about it. The Underachieving School is a collection of essays and articles written and compiled by Holt, each brimming with inspiration and ideas on how to teach children—taking into account the ways in which children actually learn. Through his original thinking, clear and thoughtful writing, and firsthand accounts of what does and doesn’t work in education, this book shows us the difference between learning and schooling.