- Peter Gray’s posts at Psychology Today
- Gray’s book, Free to Learn
- Zak Slayback’s blog
- Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society – Despite some anti-progress and anti-market silliness, Illich diagnoses many of the problems with school powerfully
- John Taylor Gatto – Any of his books will give you food for thought. Dumbing us Down might be an easy place to start
- John Holt – Again, any of his books. Teach Your Own is a good compilation of many of his best work and ideas
- Sudbury Valley School – Several books on this unique unschool school, all worth reading. Free at Last is a nice short collection of stories at the school
- School Sucks Podcast
- Blake Boles – Blake blogs, podcasts, and runs a company devoted to young self-directed learners
- Jeff Till’s Five Hundred Years – A comprehensive case for home education is excellent, in both audio and PDF format
- The Praxis Blog – for self-directed learners working to build a career
This is scratching the surface. Google any of the above names to find more of their work, as well as the countless other thinkers and doers and parents and kids who are breaking the mold and living and learning on their own terms.