Though he had little conventional schooling, he made important contributions to timekeeping as well as writing on economics and statistics and authoring a science fiction novel.

The basic theory and practice of conventional schooling was long overdue for revolution.

While often considered a subset of homeschooling, unschoolers may be as philosophically separate from other homeschoolers as they are from advocates of conventional schooling.

Polgar is against conventional schooling, he says, because 'it did not make learning a beloved activity.'

This Madrassa is equivalent to a secondary school in the conventional schooling, and hence hosts classes for grade 1 through 10.

After his conventional schooling, he studied music under Josef Proksch in Prague.

After a conventional schooling supplemented by travel in Switzerland and France, he worked for some years as a civil servant in the British War office.

It is difficult to show whether conventional schooling or home schooling generally works better.

Moravia did not finish conventional schooling because, at the age of nine, he contracted tuberculosis of the bone that confined him to bed for five years.

In his seven years away from home and from conventional schooling, he had benefited immeasurably from his father's interest and encouragement.