Retired manager, marketer, consultant in computer & software industry. Sudbury Valley School advocate and booster http://t.co/VUGA7qE1qF
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My son broke his wrist snowboarding and the doctor asked if he needed a note to be excused from gym class. No thanks. There are no imposed classes @KidsArePeople and young people are free to direct their own learning, since 1968.
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'The Meaning of Education' is now available on @audible_com.
"Education is learning how to survive, and become a productive person, in the surrounding environment."
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Now available on @audible_com : The View from Inside by Michael Greenberg. In this book, he explains how #SudburyValley students will "live an examined life that is fulfilling, meaningful, and fun."
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Should everyone learn at the same pace?
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Take a peek at the process of making #gingerbread houses this winter at #SudburyValley.
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Kids are hard-wired to learn from interacting with other kids. Mixed-age playing is not "a break" from learning. It IS learning. It is how kids have ALWAYS learned, writes @LetGrowOrg co-founder, psychologist Peter Gray:
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“If we accept that children can be educated outside of the school system, often with no structure that we would recognise as educational, how does that actually happen?” thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/v…
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"A gentle child like Peter has a lesson to teach us – namely, that we shouldn't interfere with these games because they aren't what they seem."
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Traditional #school is about control. #SudburyValley is about freedom.
This is a great description of how kids earn at the Sudbury Valley School.
"This kind of exchange wouldn’t be easily fostered in a public schoolroom where classmates are all the same age; and the idea of being instructed in this kind of activity by a random adult would seem rightfully ludicrous to them."
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"Schools are given the task of preparing children to be good citizens in a democratic society, and yet they are the least democratic institution in existence in this country"
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Read and listen to this excerpt from 'Kingdom of Childhood' about growing up at #SudburyValley: "You're not stuck anywhere . . . the whole day you're doing stuff you're excited about."
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Listen on @SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/sudburyvalley…
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When children are fully empowered, it leads to the most beautiful atmosphere of happiness. #SudburyValley
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You'll also get to tour our lovely campus and meet staff, parents, and students, who are available for unlimited conversation and questions.
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The #SudburyValley Open House is an opportunity for families to come explore Sudbury Valley School in a casual way.
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Please join us at the upcoming #SudburyValley Open House on Saturday, Oct. 15th from 1-4pm.
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Mimsy Sadofsky, co-founder of @KidsArePeople on the 'Raising Wildlings' podcast:
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