What is "deschooling"

1970, coined by Austrian-born U.S. anarchist philosopher Ivan Illich (1926-2002) for "the transfer of education to non-institutional systems;" see de- + schooling.

n. 1 The process of adjusting to the non-school environment of everyday life after leaving the education system. 2 The concept, or belief that a formal education system is counter-productive to the education of young people.

Deschooling is a term used by both education philosophers and proponents of alternative education and/or homeschooling, though it refers to different things in each context. It was popularized by Ivan Illich in his 1971 book Deschooling Society.