Ten members of SDE communities discuss their reactions to COVID-19 and quarantine.

Recent journal entries from the Director of one self-directed center.

One person’s decision to direct their own education and why doing it should be the norm.

How I designed an “informal PhD” and what other folks are doing in the same direction.

Adults act as if there is an invisible barrier between childhood and adulthood. Suddenly, you expect me to make a difference….but you can’t expect the very people you ridiculed to save you.

Modeling play and freedom for adults (in hopes that it will help some adults deschool).

One important role of the group in SDE.

Some education experts and “edupreneurs” are looking to Self-Directed Education as the best way to train young people for a competitive global economy. While SDE may promote the skills, additives and behaviors most rewarded in an innovation-based economy, the values of freedom and empowerment of children are in tension with the project of education as economic indoctrination.

A lifelong unschooler and recent “graduate” of self-directed program Pathfinder Community School transitioned from being obsessed with Minecraft to mastering multiple computer languages in less than a year.

The latest SDE community to join the recent Flying Squad movement of stepping out of space pre-defined for youth.

Aprendendo a ser a mudança que eu quero no mundo.

“Ölüme inananlar ve hayata inananlar” üzerine, “nefret dolu ceza sistemi” nin toplumumuzu nasıl şekillendirdiğine ve onu nasıl değiştirebileceğimize ya da değiştirip değiştiremeyeceğimize dair düşünceler.

“But... How did you learn the things that you needed to know?” ​ Everyone involved in SDE knows the common questions — “How did you […]

A look at the various current definitions of “freedom” in Self-Directed Education, their historic roots, and their correlation to political ideologies.

As deschoolers, a lot of us use inaccurate words when discussing Self-Directed Education. What are more precise words that we can use and why does this matter? And when do we need to make up our own words?

Was definiert Bildung in unserer modernen Zeit? Was macht jemandem zu einem gebildeten Menschen? Und wo findet Bildung überhaupt statt? Ein Text über die Förderung echter Bildung, in dem über das veraltete, zwanghafte Schulmodell der vergangenen Jahrhunderte hinausgeblickt wird.

Exploring the role of play in our lives: what it is, why we do it, and it’s extrinsic and intrinsic value.

A rare encounter with a hostile person reminds us how grateful we are for the freedom to learn that SDE affords us.

Entre los 6 y los 12 años, mi hijo aprendió a leer y hablar inglés sin ir a la escuela ni ser enseñado por maestros.

Or, what would Dr. Peter Gray’s, “What Einstein, Twain, & Forty Eight Others Said About School” sound like sourced from my library.