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.
2017-08-13An Incomplete and Personal History of the Modern Schools
A romantic tale of becoming involved in the hundred year history of an anarchistic colony of self-directed educators and children
2017-08-13Los Ingredientes de la Educación Autodirigida
Rebecka Koritz explica bajo qué circunstancias los niños y jóvenes aprenden de manera óptima en un contexto de Educación Autodirigida.
2017-07-13The Child’s Right To Education
Exploring the Relationship between SDE and the UNCRC: Part 1: The Good News.
2017-07-13Free Falling With An Autodidactic Autistic
Parents of an Autistic child let engagement, trust, and intuition guide their son’s development
2017-07-13The Naiveté of Love
A former soldier aims to create a more loving world through family-based education
2017-07-13DIWO City: Where Children Decide What to do and How to do It
Children join forces at DIWO City,an adventure space in Madrid, to develop ambitious projects through a combination of free play and democratic meetings where it’s up to the children to decide how they want to spend time together.
2017-06-14Rethinking Learning to Read, by Harriet Pattison — A Book Review
Emma Forde of Rethinking Parenting reviews this important book about learning to read outside of schooling
2017-06-14Werewolf Party: How Playing Can Enhance Self-Directed Learning in an Agile Learning Centre
Relationships are the heart and soul of the community. Here’s how they first developed at Mont-Libre.
2017-06-14Presidents and Planes: Our Personal Experience with Self-Directed Education
The 2016 election ignites a child’s interest in American political history and prompts a family trip to the nation’s capital
2017-06-14Educational ‘Scaffolding’ and ‘Thinking Outside the Box’
How do these time-honored educational concepts work together in Self-Directed Education?