Grace Llewellyn
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Grace Llewellyn (born March 18, 1964) is an American educator, author, and publisher. She is the founder of Lowry House Publishers, founder and director of Not Back To School Camp and The Hive: Self-Directed Learning for Teens.<ref name=":1"/>
Biography
Llewellyn was born on 18 March 1964 in Boise, Idaho, United States.<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref> Her parents were a nurse and a geologist writer and she had five siblings.<ref name=HEM />
She completed her B.A. from Carleton College in 1986.<ref name="auto" /> After teaching for three years, she came across the work of John Holt, which led her to reconsider her approach to education.<ref name=HEM>Home Education Magazine website, interview summer 1998</ref><ref>Home Education Association website, article by Bel Moore, dated May 3, 2022</ref>
In 1991 she wrote The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref> At that time, home-schooling was illegal in some US states.<ref>Education website, article by Brett Schaeffer, dated March 01, 2004</ref>
Llewellyn published the Teenage Liberation Handbook through her publishing company, Lowry House Publishers.<ref name="auto"/>
In 1996 she started Not Back to School Camp for independent learners; the camp has been running for over 25 years.<ref>Good Reads website</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Bibliography
- The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education (Template:ISBN)
- Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School (Template:ISBN) (with co-author Amy Silver) 2001
- Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School Tell Their Own Stories (Template:ISBN) 1993, 2005
- Freedom Challenge: African American Homeschoolers (Template:ISBN) 1996