The Alliance for

Self-Directed Education

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Imagine what would happen if, instead of sending children to conventional schools where their natural ways of learning are curtailed, we provided them with the resources that would allow their curiosity, playfulness, and other natural ways of learning to flourish. That is Self-Directed Education (SDE): education that derives from the self-chosen activities and life experiences of the learner.

The Alliance for Self-Directed Education (ASDE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to normalizing and legitimizing Self-Directed Education, to make it available to everyone who seeks it. We invite you to join.

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Asking the right questions...
What is Self-Directed Education?
 
Building a movement...
About the Alliance for Self-Directed Education
 
Sharing our stories...
Tipping Points Press

ASDE News


Organizational Members


Current Education Center logoAgile Learning Centers logoRadical Learning logoEmbark Center for Self-Directed Education logoYUEGU Learning Community logoWildly Inclusive Cooperative logoThe Children’s Community logoJuniper Root Woodland Microschool logoAlexander Khost logoInnovation Learning Lab logoBlack Worldschoolers Mobile Bookstore logoCottonwood ALC logoCasco Learning logoThe Learning Cooperatives logoTrellis Learning logoThe HUB logo3446 Madera Ave logoDandelion Learning Collaborative logoLiberated Learners logoNatural Creativity Center logo