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.
2018-10-24Just Be In Relationship
Trust and authenticity are central to the practice of Self-Directed Education.
2018-10-17Give Kids Control
What does it take to raise self-directed learners: kids who wants to do stuff, make stuff, and learn stuff on their own, without coercion?
2018-10-10Not So Clever?
One of the hidden lessons of school is that we can be categorised by our ability, which then affects how we see ourselves and other people. This makes no sense within self-directed education, meaning that learners can retain their trust and joy in their capacity to learn.
2018-10-05¿Cómo elegir la “mejor educación” para tus hijos?
Todos los papás quieren brindar a sus hijos la mejor educación, pero ¿cómo te aseguras de hacer la elección adecuada para ellos?
2018-09-26Luka
Luka has had a totally self-directed education. This article discusses the vital foundations of that education, especially the Continuum Concept.
2018-09-11The American School System Is Destroying The Voice Of Young Writers
The strict guidelines of a graded writing system destroys passionate writing in schools.
2018-09-07Update Available: Why Big Tech is in the Business of Education Reform
Contrasting the philosophy and practices of the Agile Learning Center with the motives behind the collaboration of compulsory school systems and the tech industry.
2018-08-31An Intersection
Musings on the best possible way to be with one another
2018-08-21Organized Sports Are Not Play
How organized sports have co-opted play and why early organized sports aren’t a great option for kids.
2018-08-07Now I Need Two Theories
How I learned that my kids are different
2018-07-31I Live in a Research Lab
Self-directed learners are natural scientists and the exploration that they carry out is genuine research in a way that school science mostly is not.
2018-07-30How to Self-Direct When Stuck in Conventional School
A Tipping Points podcast
2018-07-28Cuando valores obsoletos dirigen el aprendizaje
Hay muchas razones por qué la escuela convencional falla. La más grande es porque dejamos que valores obsoletos dirijan el aprendizaje.
2018-07-20Friends of the Modern School Interview
An interview with Leo Goldman and Jon Thoreau Scott, former students of the anarchistic Stelton Modern School.
2018-07-17Defending the Obvious
In the land of Socrates and the founding fathers of the Athenian Academy you would expect ample interest in free-thinking, democratic education. And yet, an astonishing fact emerges...
2018-07-10Stop Putting Subjects into Hierarchies
As SDE parents, it is often one of the last habits we have to break.
2018-06-29How to Quit Parenting
Parenting has become a job. What if you quit that job?
2018-06-26Deschooling in School
Part 4: Conclusions.
2018-06-21¿Cómo se defenderán mis hijos desescolarizados en el futuro?
Muchos papás le temen a la desescolarización y sus posibles consecuencias negativas. En este artículo Rebecka Koritz nos ofrece un panorama realista y optimista que contrasta con estas preconcepciones.
2018-06-19Schooled
Students view school as a prison that is deteriorating their mental health and passion for learning– but also as a necessity.