- Collection:
- Athens Oral History Project, 2014-2016
- Title:
- Lora Smothers interviewed by Iva Dimitrova, 5 July 2016.
- Creator:
- Smothers, Lora
Dimitrova, Iva - Contributor to Resource:
- Dimitrova, Iva
- Date of Original:
- 2016-07-05
- Subject:
- Alternative schools--Georgia
Georgia
Alternative schools
Alternative education--Georgia
Alternative education - People:
- Smothers, Lora
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Smothers talks about her background in education, studying gifted education at the graduate level at the University of Georgia, and becoming disenchanted with public school experience while student-teaching. She recalls becoming involve with the Freedom to Grow Unschool, an alternative school for children ages 6-12 in Hull, Georgia, first as intern, then as co-teacher, and ultimately as director of the school. She discusses the challenges she encountered as director, her philosophy regarding alternative education, and the current scope of the alt-ed movement in the United States and abroad.
Lora Smothers was born in Florence, Alabama, and earned her bachelor's degree in neuroscience from Emory University, and earned a master's degree in gifted education from the University of Georgia. Smothers began interning with the Freedom to Grow Unschool in Hull, Georgia while still at the University of Georgia, becoming a full-time teacher at the school after graduaton and later taking over the role of director from founder Teri Cole-Smith.
Interviewed by Iva Dimitrova. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-020/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Athens Oral History Project, AOHP 020, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (59 min.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- Athens Oral History Project, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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