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Link to original newsletter. Newsletter Content: Annual Report Updates Local SDE Groups meetups are shifting to SDE Efforts Discord for facilitators Team updates It’s 2024! […]

Self-Directed Education, not progressive education, is the wave of the future.

Link to original newsletter. Happy end of 2023 to you all, and for whatever and however you celebrate. We will be sending out a full […]

Janice’s Holiday Wreath Cookies 30 mins to make and makes either 1 giant wreath or 10 small ones. Ingredients: 30 big marshmallows 4 cups cornflakes […]

In self-directed education, adults act as passion-driven role models, offering students silent invitations to explore diverse interests and showcasing alternative paths of learning and growth.

Link to original newsletter. For humanity to thrive, we must protect the rights of children This statement is copied and modified, with permission, from The […]

This is a collection of Flash Fiction (1,000 words or less) that was submitted to Tipping Points Magazine starting October 16, 2023.

Rosalia presented on the different aspects of body autonomy, boundaries, and consent. This foundational education is the basis for raising empowered children that understand their rights, but also the rights of others, and how this can create the robust and more effective transition to body safety education as the child develops.

Link to original newsletter. In this Newsletter: “Compulsory Education”? A call to action Highlighted SDE Content & Media Radical Learning Facilitation Program On the Horizon […]

How to recognize and process the thoughts and behaviors in educators, parents, and students that can compromise the integrity of your SDE practice

It is not uncommon for one parent to be all in (or mostly in!) on SDE, and for another to be skeptical or, sometimes, completely against it. This can be such a difficult situation, but one that many of us encounter. Listen to our panel discussion to hear the ways different families approach this and how it shows up for them.

Link to original newsletter. Newsletter Content: Halloween SDE Youth Social Media Takeover ASDE is now offering Fiscal Sponsorship Tipping Points Highlights: SDE Flash Fiction Open […]

This is a presentation and discussion exploring the practice of intuitive family travel; an exploration ethic that aims to honor our internal navigation systems and create rich, fulfilling experiences for the whole family. Based on our 2+ years as a nomadic, unschooling family, I will discuss how we included our children in itinerary building, how our changing environments and landscapes shaped what and how we learned, as well as how our Worldschooling stories and strategies reverberate in our lives. We are engaging in embodied, environment-dependent learning even as we haven’t left our current home in a year! In the interest of including children in discussions about them, there will perhaps be some input on the day from my young people, should spirit move them to do so.

A book review for the 2022 collection of essays from Ricci and Riley: Joys of Self-Determined Learning

In this Radical Deschooling Chat, we’ll share why we adults so often engage in (and create!) power struggles with young people. We’ll dive deep into triggering moments and the underlying fears that spark them, and how changing our perspective of what’s happening can help us both change our attitude and language in order to build connection with the young humans in our lives. Are you ready to combat the adult supremist in you? Regardless if you’re a facilitator, running an ALC or a parent, if you’re an adult supporting youth – this offering is for you!

How I came face-to-face with society’s (and my own) anti-teen biases

My observations and reflections on spontaneous self-directed learning, aka, play.

Link to original newsletter. Newsletter Content: BIPOC & Collective Liberation Centered Online SDE Communities #InternationalFreedomInEducationDay on Sept. 15th Upcoming SDE Events Liberation Happens Collectively In […]

Are you new, or semi-new, to Self-Directed Education (SDE)? In this session we chatted about what SDE is, the underlying values and optimizing conditions for SDE to flourish, the many and varied ways SDE can look in practice, and answered any questions participants had about Self-Directed Education, and the Alliance. Watch this recording if you are looking to learn more about SDE and how it shows up in the world.