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Underlying Ideas
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Sudbury Valley School: Celebrating a Half Century of a Radical Approach to Educating Children
For 50 years, Sudbury Valley Schools, and other schools inspired by its model, have been providing children with a place to grow like no other….
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Why a Curriculum is Counterproductive
All too often parents, educators, and even students ask us why we are so adamant about not offering any courses at SVS, and why we…
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Being Average is Not Normal
Cori, my oldest daughter and Kali, one of her close friends at SVS, are having a good-humored debate about which one of them reads…
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A Spa for the Soul
One of our particularly lovely and fascinating bankers was visiting recently. It was not her first time, but being here makes most people, if they…
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Parenting an SVS Kid
This was published in our Janury 1998 Journal; a note from Jean and Rick Leif about what their daughter is up to now has been…
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Whole Language, Phonics And Two Boys Learning To Read
This article is reprinted from The Field, the newsletter of Fairfield School. There is a debate among educators regarding the best way to teach reading…
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Fifty Years, Front and Center!
Sudbury Valley has just begun the 2017-2018 school year – and an exciting one it is! This will be our 50th year of operation, the…
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A Sudbury Valley School Glossary
When talking about the school, we all find others confused about what we believe, and about what we do. As with most confusion, much of…
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The First Casualty
Children are born with one overriding drive. They seek to grow up and to gain mastery over their own lives. Any child who grows up…
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The Power of Cooking
The school year has started with a bang! Students and staff are excited for activities and work to begin. The amount of fundraisers we recently…
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And They Say Students Don’t Learn Division at SVS…
I love chocolate and eat a piece after lunch and dinner. Pretty much religiously. In the beginning of the year, I used to pack a…
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Staff have to check in, too?
From the point of view of a brand new student, the school is an astonishing (if sometimes overwhelming) place. The freedom to manage one’s own…
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Three Elements of Kindness
Sudbury Valley is an incredible place. Literally so, in that many people just don’t believe that any school could be so pleasant and well-functioning. At…
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Why Sudbury schools don’t [try to] change the world
Most educators profess, as one of their goals, a desire to change the world. This has been trumpeted as a goal of educators for hundreds…
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