Alexander Khost is a father and children's rights advocate. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Tipping Points and founder of Voice of the Children, promoting and facilitating art and activism for young people. He is also Vice President of Friends of the Modern School, supporting the history of anarchistic education, and he works at the homeschooling coop, Brooklyn Apple Academy.
He previously founded the Teddy McArdle Free School, a democratic free school in New Jersey, and more recently he co-founded play:groundNYC, a junkyard playground for children on Governors Island in New York City.
2018-06-12My Faith Led Me to Unschooling
By digging deeper into my faith, I learned what it means to be a family that learns together
2018-06-03Across the Lines: Abolishing Racism with Education
Cultivating liberated and unbiased spaces for youth to grow through Self-Directed Education
2018-05-24Teens and Screens
An adolescent mental health crisis is brewing. Are smartphones and social media to blame?
2018-05-22The Power of Curiosity
Self-Directed Education gives curiosity space to do its magic
2018-05-10Los accidentes y el desarrollo de los niños
Por qué los accidentes son importantes para el desarrollo de los niños
2018-05-08My Self-Directed (Adult) Journey into Self-Directed Education
After being successful following a pre-paved, practiced, tried-and-true education and life path, how does one deviate from that?
2018-05-01Deschooling in School
Part 3: Where Are We Now?
2018-04-26You Can’t Ruin Your Kids
Why parenting matters less than we think
2018-04-17Self-Directed Education and the Role of Care
If we want a better future for ourselves and children, we need to start creating more communities of care.
2018-04-12De la educación progresiva... 2a parte
En este articulo dividido en dos partes, Rebecka Koritz nos relata su viaje personal a través de Montessori y luego Waldorf, hasta aterrizar en la Educación Autodirigida.
2018-04-10SDE and Special Snowflake Syndrome
Self-directed is commonly assumed to mean self-centered and self-important
2018-04-03The Junto
Why a club of mutual- and societal-improvement is good for teenagers, and how to structure one.
2018-03-29Sexuality, Gender, and Childhood, Part II
How perception of sexuality and gender is transformed by education, and what that means in Self-Directed Education.
2018-03-27Your Children Are Not Your Property
So why do so many of us treat them that way?
2018-03-22De la educación progresiva... 1a parte
En este articulo dividido en dos partes, Rebecka Koritz nos relata su viaje personal a través de Montessori y luego Waldorf, hasta aterrizar en la Educación Autodirigida.
2018-03-20Wanted: A Few Good Females
Why is it that parents, who come to see the value in a Free School education, think it might be just the thing for their son, but don’t want to rock the boat for their “well-adjusted” daughter?
2018-03-15Hail the Almighty Diploma
On the undeniable power of credentials and what self-directed learners can do about it
2018-03-13Deschooling in School
Part 2: Why even try?
2018-03-06Can Unschooling Save Our Planet?
How we treat the earth is a reflection of how we treat each other.
2018-03-01Sexuality, Gender, and Childhood, Part I
How perception of sexuality and gender is transformed by education, and what that means in Self-Directed Education.