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The Sudbury Idea
The Sudbury model rests on a small number of simple assumptions about children, learning, and human development — assumptions that often run counter to conventional schooling. The essays in this section explore why the model exists, what it is (and is not), and how it compares to other educational approaches. Together, they articulate a coherent philosophy: that young people, when trusted with real freedom and responsibility, are capable of directing their own lives and learning.
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“Announcing A New School…”
This is a must-read for anyone contemplating stepping off the beaten track that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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21st Century Children and the Cyberworld
This article is based on a talk delivered at Sudbury Valley School on January 15, 2013. When I looked at the announcement for this talk,…
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21st Century Schools
This is an edited transcript of a talk delivered at the April 2000 International Conference on Learning in the 21st Century, sponsored by Arthur Andersen….
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A Clearer View
How our understanding of topics such as play, conversation, and democracy has deepened.
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A Conversation about SVS
A Conversation about SVS between Lenore Skenazy and Daniel Greenberg Note: This interview took place on the Genesis Communication Network, on the Dr. Katherine Albrecht…
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A New Look at Schools
What should Information Age schools look like? A socio-cultural analysis of the history of education.
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A New Year Message
An Introduction, by Hanna Greenberg “In Israel, where I come from, there are two “Sudbury” schools, and both are thriving. One is in the heart of…
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A Paradigm Shift for Parents of a Child in a Sudbury School
We grow up making assumptions, which are derived from our culture. We build on these assumptions to form our view on how the world works. Many are self-correcting because of new information. But some of these assumptions are so obviously true, so much a part of our culture, of what we are, that it takes a great effort on our part to question them carefully.
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A Paradigm Shift in Education
The raw materials for effective adulthood are there in the child. The best service we can render a child in making the transition from childhood…
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A Peripatetic School for the 21st Century
There is a book on my desk: “Wanderlust” . . . . This book is about peripatetics! While reading it, I thought about the two…
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A Sudbury Valley Education: The View from Inside
In the long view of things, the concept of the school isn’t that odd. In the history of human culture, public education as we know…
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A Tale of Two “Teachers” at Sudbury Valley
For years and years every Wednesday the upstairs piano room is taken over by Sharon Kane and her students. When I glance through the door’s…
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Academic Failure and Democratic Schooling
Some Autobiographical Reflections1 I have zealously guarded my failing report cards from the 10th grade, which was to be my last year of secondary education…
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Afterword to the New Japanese Edition of ‘Free at Last’
After one has read Free at Last, it is tempting to think that the anecdotal sketches in it are idealized, and that there can be…
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An Education Worth Struggling For
A recently empty-nested father looks back on the frustrations, foibles, and unexpected outcomes of far-reaching educational decisions made by a young family in its formative…
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