Tipping Points
March,  2019
Voice of the Children

Seas Rising Up, Youth Rising Up

On Friday several self-directed learning centers in New York City joined thousands of other young people worldwide as they walked out of school on climate strike
Alexander Khost

They Only Get One Childhood

The journey of three children and one parent into Self-Directed Education
Laura Rhodes
El Mundo Donde los Niños Son Personas

Libertad Bajo Responsabilidad

English: Freedom With Responsibility
Muchas son las personas que confunden libertad con libertinaje. En este artículo Rebecka Koritz explica las diferencias.
Rebecka Koritz

“Take Chances, Make Mistakes, and Get Messy!”

Ms. Frizzle and the future of education
Cassidy Younghans

Educare, Educere, Explorare

Discussing the etymology of the word, “education,” arguing that it is problematic, and suggesting a different word as the foundation for a philosophy of learning.
Matthew Gioia
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Voice of the Children

Racial Equity in Self-Directed Education

A transcript of the panelists at the Heartwood ALC Liberation & Education Summit 2019.
Alexander Khost

Redefining Respect, Part Two

Respect has the consensus of being important, so why are adults yanking it away from our children? Follow me, an unschooler with strong opinions, as I use a short audio series to deconstruct the concept of respect, replacing conventional ideas with a more unschooled perspective.
Marley Richards
El Mundo Donde los Niños Son Personas

Todo lo que se necesita son las condiciones apropiadas

English: All that is needed are the appropriate conditions
Nos hemos alejado tanto de la naturaleza, que no logramos ver la perfección en cada niño. Tan alejados estamos de poder reconocer su innata sabiduría.
Rebecka Koritz

Redefining Respect, Part One

Respect has the consensus of being important, so why are adults yanking it away from our children? Follow me, an unschooler with strong opinions, as I use a short audio series to deconstruct the concept of respect, replacing conventional ideas with a more unschooled perspective.
Marley Richards

In the Moment: Managing Conflict at North Star

“I just want to know the rule. Can we play the guitar in the common room or not?”
Kenneth Danford

Ours First

Have non-White families even considered this fascinating new way of educating?
Dr. Kelly Limes-Taylor Henderson

The Only Right Way to Learn is Freely

One family’s journey of going through various methods of education, including from one method of Self-Directed Education to another.
R.L. Saunders

Day 50 – Back to the Roots

It all starts with Trust.
David O'Connor

Learning Happens... Even When It Isn’t the Goal

How learning is often a byproduct of doing, and doesn’t have to be the goal.
Dr. Kevin Currie-Knight

Back Home: self-directed learning in fiction

Most children’s books reinforce the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling. Back Home by Michelle Magorian is an exception, with the heroine Rusty ending up at an early democratic school which is presented as a common sense and humane approach to education.
Naomi Fisher

What Are You Up To?

The weekly routine in the wonderful life of an Agile Learning Facilitator.
Mel Compo

Change up Change Up

How new perspectives brought about empathy at an Agile Learning Center.
Nancy Tilton

Agile Learning Centers, Liberated Learners, and Sudbury Schools: What’s the Difference?

An exploration of three popular models for supporting self-directed learners.
Blake Boles

Schooling’s Assault on Young Anti-Authoritarians

In this excerpt from Resisting Illegitimate Authority, Bruce E. Levine surveys the means by which conventional schooling punishes anti-authoritarian impulses and primes children for conformity.
Bruce E. Levine

Self Directed Stories: Unschooling in China

Iris Chen, author of the blog Untigering, shares about her family’s SDE journey, #SelfDirectedStories

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