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Trust
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Do Over In-Situ
Would you actually turn back the hands of time and be a kid again if you had the ‘sus’ power to shape shift or time…
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A Student’s Experience in the Real World
There is a myth out there, a false idea called the “real world”. “It’s not like that in the real world.” “When you get out…
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Children Are Like Locs
Children Are Like Locs by Anika Prather The Living Water School, Alexandria, VA This has been the year for me personally, as a mom and as…
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Doing Nothing
There is a stigma against people who are perceived to be “doing nothing”. The greatest fear that most adults have, vis-a-vis children enrolled in Sudbury Valley,…
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The Heart of the School, Two Takes
If you happen to be sitting in the large front room called “the sewing room,” you might notice that every day at 11:00 a.m., eight people walk into the adjacent book-lined “seminar room.” What you are seeing is the gathering of the school’s Judicial Committee (JC).
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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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Will they ever learn to read?
Reading for pleasure and knowledge has always been a meaningful part of my life. So when my three children started SVS at young ages I…
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Learning to be a Parent of a Sudbury Valley Student
It isn’t always easy to take the road less traveled. When my daughter first started attending Sudbury Valley School, she was five-years-old. Parents, friends and…
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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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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 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 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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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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