- Grace Llewellyn
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name = Grace Llewellyn
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caption = Grace Llewellyn directs [http://www.nbtsc.org/ Not Back To School Camp]
birthdate = 1964
birthplace = Boise, Idaho
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deathplace =
occupation =Author Publisher Director
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genre =Nonfiction
subject =Homeschooling ,Self-Education ,Youth studies ,Unschooling ,Youth Empowerment
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influences =John Caldwell Holt
influenced = [http://www.campwithwings.org/ Camp With Wings]
website = http://www.gracellewellyn.com/Grace Llewellyn is an American educator, author, and publisher. Her work in the fields of
youth liberation ,unschool ing andhomeschool ing is widely-regarded. She is the founder of [http://www.lowryhousepublishers.com/ Lowry House Publishers] and founder/director of [http://www.nbtsc.org/ Not Back To School Camp] . [ [http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/articles/2004/03/01/05grace.h15.html "Grace under pressure"] , "Teacher Magazine." March 1, 2004. Retrieved 4/5/08.]Biography
In 1996 Ms. Llewellyn started
Not Back to School Camp , or NBTSC, an annual camp for self-educated teenagers age 13-18. NBTSC offers a camper and staff-led activities which, in keeping with the philosophy of unschooling, campers can choose to participate in what they find interesting. [ [http://www.nbtsc.org Not Back to School Camp] , Retrieved 4/5/08.] In 2005 Llewellyn was working on a book of resources for teens who can't leave school. She lives in Eugene,Oregon .Bibliography
Llewellyn's best known book is "" (ISBN 0-9629591-7-0), which she was inspired to write after three years of teaching, and after discovering the work of
John Caldwell Holt . Other books include*"Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School" (ISBN-13: 978-0471349600) (with co-author Amy Silver) 2001
*"Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School Tell Their Own Stories" (ISBN-13: 978-0962959127) 1993, 2005
*"Freedom Challenge: African American Homeschoolers" (ISBN-13: 978-0962959110) 1996References
External links
* [http://www.gracellewellyn.com/ Grace Llewellyn's web site]
* [http://fun-books.com/authors/Grace_Llewellyn.htm Llewellyn's bibliography]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/art/megathink/reviews/generalist.html Llewellyn's bibliography by "Glorious Generalists"]
* [http://nbtsc.org/ The Not Back To School Camp website.]
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