Tipping Points
Previous Stories (page 13)

The Naiveté of Love

A former soldier aims to create a more loving world through family-based education

DIWO City: Where Children Decide What to do and How to do It

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.

Rethinking Learning to Read, by Harriet Pattison — A Book Review

Emma Forde of Rethinking Parenting reviews this important book about learning to read outside of schooling

Werewolf Party: How Playing Can Enhance Self-Directed Learning in an Agile Learning Centre

Relationships are the heart and soul of the community. Here’s how they first developed at Mont-Libre.

Presidents and Planes: Our Personal Experience with Self-Directed Education

The 2016 election ignites a child’s interest in American political history and prompts a family trip to the nation’s capital

Educational ‘Scaffolding’ and ‘Thinking Outside the Box’

How do these time-honored educational concepts work together in Self-Directed Education?

Why You Should Join the Alliance

Peter Gray tries to avoid using the word “should.” Here’s why he’s making an exception…

Why I’m Glad I Grew Up Playing Neopets

A former homeschooler traces the roots of her successful coding career to a favorite childhood game

Summer of Self-Direction

Our interview with three successful summer camps that support Self-Directed Education

Why are Democratic Schools Growing so Fast in France?

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.

Does Freedom in Education Work?

The continued relevance of John Holt’s Freedom and Beyond

Unschooling Outside of Institutionalization

An excerpt from the forthcoming book by Katherine Williams

Free From the Start: One Child’s Progressive Path to Educational Freedom

One family’s response to that moment when the “progressive” school they picked just wasn’t working

A Paradigm Shift Brings Freedom and Empowerment

Two conventionally-educated parents begin to question “expert” assumptions about their children’s needs

Nurturing Children’s Natural Love of Learning

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.

Can’t Stop The Science

Keeping scientific curiosity alive isn’t hard. It’s about an attitude of “yes.”

A Journey from Public Schooling to Self-Directed Education

A Latinx family embraces agile learning and spearheads deeper connection for unschooling families of color in Charlotte.

What Happens to Self-Directed Learners?

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, […]

How Pokémon Sealed our Unschooling Fate

A former teacher tosses out the curriculum and frees her child and herself from the structured, planned, adult-knows-all paradigm.

Arm Wrestling with AI

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 […]

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