Contrary to cultural expectations, self chosen activities don’t have to taste bad to be good!
Charlotte (Candy) Landvoigt, Ed.D.
A review of Blake Boles’ new book that is being released today.
Matthew Gioia
A webinar series in collaboration with Eclectic Learning Network & The Alliance for Self-Directed Education
Maleka Diggs
A discussion of how self-directed spaces are able to flex in this time of crisis.
Crystal Byrd Farmer
Learning to just be during quarantine.
Jenni Mahnaz
In the scurry to assert a sense of normalcy, public school districts, educators, and families are missing opportunities to revise assumptions about how education ought to work. Now’s our chance to shift the status quo of conventional schooling.
Haley Tilt
This story involves suicidal thoughts, self-harm, and bullying. Please do not read this if those topics will trigger you. In elementary school, I was the […]
anonymous
A write-up around ways to support families during this time.
Maleka Diggs
An exploration of the intersections between learning, education and schooling and their relationship to the society we end up with.
Zakiyya Ismail
Some young people are getting tattoos and body piercings as an expression of their youth rights movement.
April Fuels
Artwork created and performed by self-directed children during Coronavirus mandated quarantine.
Some science-backed benefits of unschooling.
Arthur Grant
What does it mean to self-direct in an isolated world?
Jenni Mahnaz
Many people worry that Self-Directed Education is too risky for children from less privileged households. But is our duty to expose kids to the types of knowledge that confer privilege, or to help them develop their fullest, most meaningful lives?
Haley Tilt
Ten members of SDE communities discuss their reactions to COVID-19 and quarantine.
Recent journal entries from the Director of one self-directed center.
Abby Oulton
One person’s decision to direct their own education and why doing it should be the norm.
Zoe Greenhouse
How I designed an “informal PhD” and what other folks are doing in the same direction.
Alex Bretas
Adults act as if there is an invisible barrier between childhood and adulthood. Suddenly, you expect me to make a difference….but you can’t expect the very people you ridiculed to save you.
Emerson Leach
Modeling play and freedom for adults (in hopes that it will help some adults deschool).
Maddie/Madelyn Zins
