Resources

Liberated Learners and other staff writing

• Liberated Learners, Staff Writing, Flyers, etc.

From the Practical to the Philosophical; Resources to Guide the NS Experience.

• The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Llewellyn (North Star Advisory Board Member)
  North Star's standard guide and a must-read for any family considering leaving school. We have been handing copies of this book to families since day one.
• Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling, by John Holt and Patrick Farenga (Pat is a North Star Advisory Board Member)
  Much of North Star’s work is inspired by the educator and author John Holt, a pioneer of the of home education movement. Teach Your Own is Holt's classic guide to living and learning with children and teens.
• College Without High School, by Blake Boles
  College Without High School is equal parts guide to college prep and manual for living a life of adventure. Learn how you can not only leave school, but follow your wildest dreams and passions, while still being able to attend college later on.
• How to Talk so Teens Will Listen and Listen so Teens Will Talk, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
  Living with teenagers is hard and, like most things worth doing, learning to live with and support teenagers takes work. How to Talk will give you the skills you need to start communicating better with your teen, today!
• Liberated Learners
  North Star's tri-annual publication. Browse current and past issues online.
• Punished By Rewards, By Alfie Kohn
• Dumbing Us Down, By John Taylor Gatto (North Star Advisory Board member)
• Instead of Education, By John Holt
• Alternative Education Resource Organization
• Official site of John Holt and Growing Without Schooling magazine

Academic Resources

Mathematics

• The I Hate Mathematics Book, by Marilyn Burns
• The Algebra Survival Guide: A Conversational Guide for the Thoroughly Befuddled, by Josh Rappaport
• Algebra Unplugged, by Kenn Amdahl & Jim Loats
• Mathematics, A Human Endeavor: A Textbook for Those Who Think They Don’t Like the Subject, by Harold Jacobs
• Numbernut.com
• Khanacademy.org

Natural Science

• The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science, by Natalie Angier
• The Best American Science Writing, series editor: Jesse Cohen
• Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments, by Robert Bruce Thompson
• A Guide to the Elements, by Albert Stwertka
• Khanacademy.org
• Biology4kids.com (sister sites include, Chem4kids, cosmos4kids, ...)
• The Periodic Table of Videos
• The Molecular Workbench

Writing

• Write Away! A Friendly Guide for Teenage Writers, by Peter Stillman
• Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, by Natalie Goldberg
• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott
• The New Well-Tempered Sentence: a Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed, by Karen Elizabeth Gordon
• Woe is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English, by Patricia T. O'Connor
• Freerice.com
• National Novel Writing Month

US and North American History: 

• A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn
• Red, White, and Black: The People's of Early North America, by Gary Nash
• Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, by Lerone Bennett Jr
• A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, by Ronald Takaki
• The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution
• The Approaching Fury, Voices of the Storm 1820-1861, by Stephen B Oates
• Film Series: Eyes on the Prize