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Eli Gerzon writes and speaks about education and travel and leads Worldschool Travels. Born and based in Boston, he went to school until the age of fifteen when he chose to homeschool following the unschooling philosophy of self-directed education.

He began travelling around the world at eighteen, always venturing off the tourist path to experience the cultures. The beauty, meaning, and direction he discovered through this inspired the new word and philosophy worldschooling:

"The whole world is our school: school isn't our whole world!"

Please feel free to contact him with any questions:

What's the difference between homeschooling, unschooling, and worldschooling?

New:

4/27/09 You can now follow Eli on Twitter and also friend him on Facebook or join the Worldschoolers group on Facebook.

3/30/09 Read the Stranger in a Strange Land Newsletter: March 2009 with stories from Eli's travels in Guatemala and Honduras and reflections on safety while travelling.

3/30/09 The website Wandering Educators did a feature interview of Eli Gerzon about worldschooling, his travel tours, and new details about why he left school.

3/13/09 Check-out Eli's new blog!

2/15/09 Read the Stranger in a Strange Land Newsletter: February 2009 with info about the two Worldschool Travels to Japan in August and November, 2009.

1/14/09 Read Talking with Peter Kowalke Eli Gerzon's interview where Peter Kowalke a grown unschooler talks about his trouble with college, the challenge of being an unschooler in a "schooled society" and his inspiration for making the "Grown Without Schooling" Documentary.

12/17/08 Read a Grown Without Schooling interview of Eli Gerzon by Peter Kowalke that first appeared in Life Learning Magazine: Jan/Feb 2008.

11/12/08 Check-out photos from the Worldschool Travel Tour to Mexico in October, 2008 and read about it in the Stranger in a Strange Land Newsletter: October, 2008.

Upcoming Worldschool Travels:

Japan in Summertime
August 1st - August 22nd, 2009
Experience Japan when there are fireworks and festivals

Japan in Autumn
November 1st - November 22nd, 2009
Experience Japan while the maples leaves are in crimson splendour

Read more details about these Worldschool Travels on the Travel Tours page and in the Stranger in a Strange Land Newsletter: February 2009.

Please contact Eli with any questions about these or future tours:

Testimonials:

"I don't know how much I've changed or in what context that might be, but since the people around me are commenting on it something must have happened. All I know is that being that far from home and that safety zone did me a lot of good, and I can’t wait to go again. Thanks so much for being such a great guide on my first international trip."

-Hannah T., 15, Worldschool Travel Tour: Mexico October 2008