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2019-12-19Was bedeutet es, gebildet zu sein?
Was definiert Bildung in unserer modernen Zeit? Was macht jemandem zu einem gebildeten Menschen? Und wo findet Bildung überhaupt statt? Ein Text über die Förderung echter Bildung, in dem über das veraltete, zwanghafte Schulmodell der vergangenen Jahrhunderte hinausgeblickt wird.
2017-08-03Mid-summer update from ASDE’s project manager, Tomis Parker
Mid-summer update from ASDE’s project manager, Tomis Parker
2017-07-06Are you thinking about starting a Self-Directed Education community?
Also: Unschooling webinar, AERO update, SDE for gamers, and more...
2017-06-29Join us at this year’s AERO Conference: August 2-6 in Long Island, NY
Special conference rates for ASDE members; AMA highlights; new Tipping Points articles.
2017-05-18Why You Should Join the Alliance
Peter Gray tries to avoid using the word “should.” Here’s why he’s making an exception…
2017-05-13Why I’m Glad I Grew Up Playing Neopets
A former homeschooler traces the roots of her successful coding career to a favorite childhood game
2017-05-11Summer of Self-Direction
Our interview with three successful summer camps that support Self-Directed Education
2017-04-14Why are Democratic Schools Growing so Fast in France?
Let’s first start with the good news. It happened so fast that you may not be aware of it, but democratic schools are booming in France.
2017-04-14Does Freedom in Education Work?
The continued relevance of John Holt’s Freedom and Beyond
2017-04-14Unschooling Outside of Institutionalization
An excerpt from the forthcoming book by Katherine Williams
2017-04-13Free From the Start: One Child’s Progressive Path to Educational Freedom
One family’s response to that moment when the “progressive” school they picked just wasn’t working
2017-03-14A Paradigm Shift Brings Freedom and Empowerment
Two conventionally-educated parents begin to question “expert” assumptions about their children’s needs
2017-03-14Nurturing Children’s Natural Love of Learning
The Natural Child Project has been advocating for children and Self-Directed Education for twenty years. Jan Hunt outlines why a self-directed education makes sense and how you can nurture it.
2017-03-12Can’t Stop The Science
Keeping scientific curiosity alive isn’t hard. It’s about an attitude of “yes.”
2017-03-12A Journey from Public Schooling to Self-Directed Education
A Latinx family embraces agile learning and spearheads deeper connection for unschooling families of color in Charlotte.
2017-02-16What Happens to Self-Directed Learners?
Even in the world of alternative education, North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens is a hard program to fully grasp. Now in our 21st year, […]
2017-02-16How Pokémon Sealed our Unschooling Fate
A former teacher tosses out the curriculum and frees her child and herself from the structured, planned, adult-knows-all paradigm.
2017-02-16Arm Wrestling with AI
I recently read some news that made me thankful yet again for choosing Self Directed Education (SDE) for my children: An insurance company in Japan […]
2017-02-16How Does it Work?!? Re: Age Mixing
An eight-year-old hands a sheet of music to a waiting six-year-old, and I note that no one complains about their blocking the hallway for Euphonium […]
2017-01-10The Two Tales of Starting One play:ground
A junkyard playground in New York City is empowering young people by giving them space and ownership over their decisions.