Executive Director Announcement, New Events & Resources, and More
Newsletter Content:
- 📢 Executive Director Announcement
- 🌱 Sudbury Roundtable!
- 💻 Learning Planet Festival RCE Events and ASDE Events!
- 📖 Invitation to Contribute to a Book
- 🤝 Featured Organizational Members
- 📄 New Resource Directory Entries
An Important Announcement
Hey folks, Bria here, sharing about my past five years as ASDE’s Executive Director, and talking about an important shift as we move to a flatter hierarchy here at ASDE. Find out more about this decision and the motivation behind it by watching the video. As always, I am here for any questions you have, just email me at bria@self-directed.org.
Sudbury Roundtable
Join us as we engage in a Roundtable Panel Discussion with folks from various frameworks and experiences in the Sudbury model.
The intention of ASDE round tables is to celebrate various models and frameworks of SDE and all the folks who are working within them. We also intend to examine deeper as a group on the major points everyone wants to know about!
“How do they learn?”
“What do you mean the students hire and fire staff?”
“What about a diploma?”
and of course the big topic in the community, “what about conflict?”
We want to connect us all further, celebrate the many ways we are pursuing freedom in education via self-direction and further build our alliance!
This event is part of ASDE’s Community Support Call series.
The Learning Planet Festival Events: In Partnership with the Rights-Centric Education Network
ASDE, along with many other aligned organizations and individuals, is working to create a schedule of events for the Learning Planet Festival that are aligned with Rights-Centric Education. ASDE will be sharing two events in partnership with this festival and RCE: The Sudbury Roundtable, and Self-Directed Education: Youth Lead the Way.
For the full list of events see RCE Network’s events page here.
For more information on The Learning Planet Festival, check out their website.
Invitation to Contribute to a Book
We are sharing an open call for contribution to a book by co-editors Carlo Ricci, John Vitale, Kristan Morrison, Ben Draper, and Vanessa. Details are below, but for even more information, or to submit something, email Ben at ben@macombercenter.org.
Working Title: Smart Phones and Other Technology: Learners Share Their Stories
Focus of the book: Learning, Social Media, Technology (such as Smartphones, Tablets, and Computers), The Darkside and Brightside to Using Technology to Learn, How People Use Technology to Learn
Audience: Students, parents, academics, teachers, school administrators, School trustees, union organizers, policy makers
Many schools and school districts have banned or limited the use of technology (such as Smartphones, Tablets, and Computers), and many learners are limited by parents, schools, and society regarding how much time they are allowed to spend with technology. We are looking for submissions from mainstream schoolers, alternative schoolers, democratic schoolers, homeschoolers, unschoolers, and anyone in general who uses technology to learn. We are also looking for submissions from ALL age groups so that we get a diversity of voices and empower a larger demographic of learners. For example, we are looking for stories of how you use your technology to learn from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, gaming, or anything else you do. It could be about how you learn academic subjects, music, cooking or anything else. The idea is that we want to share with others how you learn as you live your life and to make the point that everything we do is learning.
Featured Organizational Members
Dandelion Learning Cooperative
We believe that children, and the genius that they all hold, are a precious resource for humanity, and that all should be afforded respectful care and guidance.
We create collaborative learning experiences with young people and a supportive community for all families.
Juniper Root
Juniper Root is a self-directed school in Chesterfield, Missouri. Our current population spans an age range of 3-11 years old. Our mission is to create an atmosphere of respect and admiration for children and nature. We foster the development of self-direction, self-love, and community growth.
For a full list of our Organizational Members, check out the bottom of our home page here.
Newest Additions to the Resource Directory
International Democratic Education Conference, IDEC @EUDEC 2025 Belgium
August 1-7, 2025
We want to spread and strengthen self-directed community education, so that more children will be fully trusted and acquire the skills to make a positive impact in society. With great joy we invite you to the IDEC@EUDEC conference in Belgium!
Free Webinar: Creating Self-Directed Education Centers
February 10, 2025
Learn how to create a learning environment that respects the unique strengths and interests of young people and supports them to create a meaningful life and education.
Here and Wow Therapy/Tess Liebersohn LPC
I offer individual psychotherapy for parents doing self-directed education with their families. I am a therapist with 7 years of SDE facilitation experience. Teletherapy services to PA residents & educational consultation around the world.
RE:Frame Youth Arts Center
Phoenix, AZ, USA
We are using the arts to RE:Frame spaces and conversations that invisibilize youth from participating in policy and programming creation that directly affects their lives.
Sudbury International
Meet Sudbury International: A Global Network of Sudbury Schools The time has come to redefine school. Come learn more about the innovative, time-tested, self-governing Sudbury model for students ages 4-18.
Wild Roots Collective & Learning Community
Denton, TX, USA
Wild Roots Learning Community is a self-directed learning community that provides a nurturing environment for meaningful education, for learners ages 4-18.
Our events page is also FULL with events in partnership with the Learning Planet Festival and RCE Network, as well as other events! Check it out for all the listings.
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