Voice of the Children
How perception of sexuality and gender is transformed by education, and what that means in Self-Directed Education.
Alexander Khost
Conventional wisdom says we all need to go to university, but is that really what’s best for everyone?
Elena Goodson
Consent is a big part of what we do at Mont-Libre. But tackling an issue as sensitive as #metoo with teenage boys is still a challenge.
Jonathan Turcotte-Summers
One family recounts their journey from an education based in fear, to an education based in trust.
Jessica Carrasco
Voice of the Children
“Why are those teachers screaming at those kids?” my son James asked me, with a look of true shock and concern on his face. He […]
Alexander Khost
How a child’s personal attributes can be valued and fostered in one setting, and labeled a mental health disorder in another.
Claire Russell
El Mundo Donde los Niños Son Personas
En este artículo, Rebecka Koritz explica cómo se ve la educación autodirigida en la realidad, y por qué la programación con la que cargamos como adultos nos impide reconocer los momentos de verdadero aprendizaje.
Rebecka Koritz
Authentic learning happens anytime, anywhere. Children have the natural ability to find real meaning in everyday experiences.
Vicki Rispoli
Driving across North America, connecting SDE dots.
Joei Villarama
Students making free, self directed choices is a vital part of democratic education.
Charlotte (Candy) Landvoigt, Ed.D.
Behavior Modification Trumps Self-Directed Education
Patrick Farenga
El Mundo Donde los Niños Son Personas
“¡La diferencia es abismal!”: Rebecka Koritz nos comparte las observaciones hechas dentro de sus proyectos educativos sobre el nivel creativo de niños escolarizados y de niños desescolarizados.
Rebecka Koritz
Encouraging homeschoolers, unschoolers, and those who attend alternative schools to change the world through personal narrative
Benjamin Riley
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child enshrines the child’s right to an education that is child-friendly and empowering, and that enables the child to enjoy the full range of human rights. Yet, it also makes this ‘compulsory’. Is this the contradiction that it seems to be?
Je'anna L Clements
College students gain first-hand insight into the intrigue of unschooling
Katherine Williams
Like St. Exupery’s “The Little Prince,” my son, Jamie, surely fell to us from some small, distant planet where money doesn’t exist, no one suffers, […]
Ellen Rowland
Living in Costa Rica leads one unschooling family to examine the culture of institutionalized schooling.
Janet LoSole
Peter Gray Interviews Carlo Ricci, Founder and Editor of the Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning .
Micromanaging and making kids’ lives risk-free makes them unhappy and unhealthy, and it’s not good for the planet either. Parents can give kids their lives back by refocusing on their own, making everyone more well-adjusted and joyful.
Megan Baker
