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Resources
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General
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The Invention of New Diseases
The largest industrial complex in the country today is the combined educational, medical, pharmaceutical industry that, as we’ll see, works together to provide tools to…
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Happiness – What Does It Have to Do With Sudbury Valley? A Conversation
“The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born, and the day you find out why.” Mark Twain Mimsy: Happiness is…
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Eli Katzoff Interview Excerpt
Eli Katzoff talks about his experience as a Sudbury Valley student and how his time at Sudbury Valley School prepared him for life.
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Sudbury Valley School: Where Dreams and Reality Cross Paths
As I write, I am looking outside at the beautiful campus in the morning sun. Children of all ages are all over – running, playing,…
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Modeling the School’s Core Values: The Most Important Function of Sudbury Valley’s Staff
I. We often hear the question asked, “What does the staff at Sudbury Valley School do?” This is not a foolish question to ask about…
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Ten “Wrongs” Can’t Make A “Right” (Abridged)
Is the grand edifice of education built on a foundation of quicksand? Here is a list of the false beliefs at the core of prevailing…
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Alli Harvey, interviewed by Mimsy Sadofsky
Mimsy: This is a recording of an interview with Alli Harvey, who graduated in 2004, and we reproduced the actual recording here. She lives in Alaska, and…
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Climbing Your Everest, A Conversation
Hanna: People who hear about the school often say: so everybody will just work on what’s easy for them. And my answer to them is:…
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The Art of Doing Nothing
“Where do you work?” “At Sudbury Valley School.” “What do you do?” “Nothing.” Doing nothing at Sudbury Valley requires a great deal of energy and…
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Being Who You Are
I am writing this on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Neue Schule Hamburg, to offer congratulations and a tiny bit of retrospection. I…
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To Be Noticed
Somewhat to my surprise, I have recently gained a new insight into a key element of what goes on here, in an area that I…
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The Educational System Is Falling Apart
Everybody sees that the notion that kids have to go to a building–to a school–and have to be taught stuff in person by a teacher who talks…
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Why Bullying Is So Rare at Sudbury Valley School
People often ask if there is a problem with bullying at Sudbury Valley School given that all these kids of all different ages are mixed…
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Can You Trust Children To Design Their Own Education?
What is the justification for trying to guide children and tell them what they need to be successful adults? Does anyone have a right to…
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Does Anyone Really Care About Child Abuse? The Blind Eye of Modern Western Culture
I. The question I pose in the title may seem outrageous: of course someone cares! Everyone cares, don’t they? When media outlets feature a story…
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Why Do People Play?
You could be forgiven for thinking that this is a silly question. After all, it’s fun to play, and what more of a reason does…
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