Matthew I agree with you. School by it's very nature is well "schooling". What I think you are describing is "unschooling" or reclaiming your natural ability to learn and to teach yourself. In the underground classic "The Teenage Liberation Handbook, how to quit school and get a real life education" by Grace Llewellyn, she describes how to become a self learner and take responsibility for your own learning.
I can also speak from experience. We have unschooled for years now and would never go back. My daughter has learned more out of school than in by far. We have the time to really research and to travel. We use libraries, tour companies and factories, we go to universities and get out into the real world world every day. Unschooling is more popular than you may know. We run into them often.