Dimitrova, IvaUnited States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794Smothers, LoraDimitrova, Iva2016-07-05Smothers 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.video/mp4enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Athens Oral History Project, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.Alternative schools--GeorgiaGeorgiaAlternative schoolsAlternative education--GeorgiaAlternative educationLora Smothers interviewed by Iva Dimitrova, 5 July 2016.MovingImage