Children join forces at DIWO City,an adventure space in Madrid, to develop ambitious projects through a combination of free play and democratic meetings where it’s up to the children to decide how they want to spend time together.
Emma Forde of Rethinking Parenting reviews this important book about learning to read outside of schooling
Relationships are the heart and soul of the community. Here’s how they first developed at Mont-Libre.
The 2016 election ignites a child’s interest in American political history and prompts a family trip to the nation’s capital
How do these time-honored educational concepts work together in Self-Directed Education?
Peter Gray tries to avoid using the word “should.” Here’s why he’s making an exception…
A former homeschooler traces the roots of her successful coding career to a favorite childhood game
Our interview with three successful summer camps that support Self-Directed Education
Let’s first start with the good news. It happened so fast that you may not be aware of it, but democratic schools are booming in France.
The continued relevance of John Holt’s Freedom and Beyond
An excerpt from the forthcoming book by Katherine Williams
Katherine Williams
One family’s response to that moment when the “progressive” school they picked just wasn’t working
Two conventionally-educated parents begin to question “expert” assumptions about their children’s needs
The Natural Child Project has been advocating for children and Self-Directed Education for twenty years. Jan Hunt outlines why a self-directed education makes sense and how you can nurture it.
Keeping scientific curiosity alive isn’t hard. It’s about an attitude of “yes.”
A Latinx family embraces agile learning and spearheads deeper connection for unschooling families of color in Charlotte.
Even in the world of alternative education, North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens is a hard program to fully grasp. Now in our 21st year, […]
A former teacher tosses out the curriculum and frees her child and herself from the structured, planned, adult-knows-all paradigm.
I recently read some news that made me thankful yet again for choosing Self Directed Education (SDE) for my children: An insurance company in Japan […]
An eight-year-old hands a sheet of music to a waiting six-year-old, and I note that no one complains about their blocking the hallway for Euphonium […]
Abigail Oulton
