For many, holidays can mean more time gathering with friends and family. Sometimes that comes along with criticism or questions of the choice to engage in Self-Directed Education. Responding with grace isn’t always easy when caught off guard in the moment but the suggestions and reminders here may help bring comfort heading into these types of gatherings.

Looking at historical and current perspectives on the use and practice of judicial committee in Sudbury settings brings new thoughts on how it could evolve.

One parent shares a more in-depth look at the impact of Sudbury’s Judicial Committee practice on her family’s life.

The story of how one former teacher bought a farm and started weaving the concepts of permaculture with the principles of self-directed education to build a unique alternative to school for families in the Chagrin Valley of Ohio.

Sweden is known for being a child-friendly society. However, with educational laws rewritten in the last 10 years, Sweden has become extremely controlling over the schooling of its children. This is leaving the young people of Sweden in a dire predicament.

This guide explores making the decision whether to attend college or not, how to choose one, the application process, how to keep your self-directed values in college, and more.

This personal story shares what it was like to decide whether to pursue higher education after growing up as a self-directed learner.

The mathematics found all around us in play and life are plenty to evoke wonder, interest, and conjecture. School math – which can also be seen in homeschooling and unschooling spaces – is taught as a lifeless set of rules with no context and techniques that are not much fun or very useful.

Whether one is currently working as an SDE facilitator or is in charge of hiring SDE facilitators, this article shares insights into daily and long-term supports, resources, and practices that current SDE facilitators have found useful.

Whether one is thinking about becoming an SDE facilitator or has ever wondered what an SDE facilitator does, this article shares insights into the commonalities across different SDE centers and explores key aspects associated with working as an SDE facilitator.

A collection of made-up statistics about schooling culture that, on first glance, could sound plausible, until one starts to really consider what is being stated as fact.

It is necessary to raise awareness about how some countries, such as the Republic of Slovenia, have legislated grammatically incorrect statements, such as, “compulsory schooling” rather than “compulsory education,” which has led to many violations of the Rights of the Child.

This article takes a closer look at how the roles that students, teachers, and parents are often cast into dehumanize us and how to move away from oppressive and adultist roles towards more authentic ways of being.

In my early days of unschooling, I started off my learning journey right from home, exploring subjects on my own terms. From there, I took what I learned and put it into practice out in the real world. I tried my hand at everything from working with computers to getting my hands dirty in a cowshed. Along the way, my friends and I started a learning club where we learned everything we could from video editing, 3D animation to programming.

Embracing the Neurospicy means celebrating the different ways we process information while promoting acceptance, and rejecting stigma and intolerance. Unschooling is a flexible environment that protected my offspring’s authenticity.