#162 Dr. Peter Gray: What Schools Get Wrong About Learning

About this episode

Cheryl interviews Dr. Peter Gray about the flaws in the school system and how children learn best.

What if the biggest problem with education isn’t your child… but the school system itself? In this episode of the Homeschool How To Podcast, Cheryl sits down with Dr. Peter Gray, author of Free to Learn, to talk about what schools get fundamentally wrong about how children actually learn. They discuss the hidden history of schooling, why shame and obedience are still built into the system, how kids learn to read and do math when they’re actually ready, and why self-directed learning may be fa...

People in this episode

Host: Cheryl

Guest: Dr. Peter Gray

Topics covered

• education system
• self-directed learning
• child development
• schooling history
• learning methods

Keywords

• education
• learning
• homeschooling
• self-directed
• child psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Free to Learn

More episodes of The Homeschool How To

• #173: When the Right School Didn't Exist, They Built It. Here's How. · June 6, 2026 · 39 min
• #172: They Didn't Want Smart Kids — The Truth About How Public School Was Designed | Nicki Truesdell · May 30, 2026 · 56 min
• #171: Homeschool Mom of 5 Gets Real About the Chaos — Multiple Ages, One Income, and Starting a Business · May 23, 2026 · 49 min
• #170: They Shut Down Her Classroom Because Kids Were Getting Too Much Help · May 16, 2026 · 44 min
• #169: Homeschooled, Sheltered & Addicted Young: A Conversation Every Parent Needs to Hear · May 9, 2026 · 38 min
• #168: Homeschooling Through Grief: A Former Teacher's Raw and Honest Story · May 2, 2026 · 31 min