An exploration of the “what ifs” surrounding Self-Directed Education.

Arguing over test scores and other statistical outcomes takes the focus away from deeper questions about freedom and human flourishing.

Reading Ramona the Pest as a self directed learner highlights how arbitrary school conventions really are.

Children should be trusted to make the decisions that are relevant to their education and life. Self-Directed Education requires that adults trust children. However, there are limits to that trust.

People who bypass conventional school often have concern about the learning they might be missing out on. Research, however, demonstrates that we remember only a tiny amount of what we are taught in school. Research also demonstrates that we remember better when we learn out of interest.

Hay muchos y diferentes estilos de crianza. Este artículo se dirige a los papás que tienden a confundir una crianza respetuosa y pacífica con la falta de liderazgo.

Parenting perspective on children’s autonomy in their appearance

The last of a four part collection of essays from the book Anarchist Pedagogies.

An attempt to explain Self-Directed Education in twenty minutes.

Former teacher challenges readers to re-envision schools as a place to support children’s self-discovery which positively affects us all.

End of summer may highlight the social nonconformity of living without school, but it can also be a time for celebrating the family’s moves toward what actually works, and witnessing thriving!

A friend introduced me to Rachel in 2016. I had heard rumors of the Fifteenth Street School, the first Summerhill inspired school in New York […]

Unschooling or SDE Schools: What we all need is community

A first person account of a directed learning seminar that didn’t happen

A focus on how connections create awareness both on the individual scale as well as the community scale.