5-1 Design A School Optional Lessons
We discuss optional lessons, an essential part of the Democratic Free School engine. Also Reduced Curriculum and Freak Out subjects.
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Design A School 4-2: Age Range Podcast
We discuss the Age Ranges in our school. Is there an essential Age Range? A Lynch pin?
Design A School 3-2: Our Vision/Mission Statement Podcast
Designing a Democratic Free School needs a solid vision, mission statement. We discuss the principles that we think are essential for our school..
Design A School 4-1: Age Range
We write about Age Ranges and Size in democratic free school design.What are they? Where will we begin ? It’s not an easy topic.
Design A School 3-3 : Our Mission Statement
Here we provide a concise description of what we would like to see in a simple Mission/Vision Statement. It is not definitive! We will come back and edit it as we go through this design process.
Design A School 4-3: Age Range
The Age Range Train. How many coaches? The most important coach?
Design A School 3-1: Our Mission Statement
We discuss the theme of the week: how to get going on a sensible mission statement. We don’t always agree, but we always discuss.
Design a School 2-3: Observations on the Mission
Reflections on Mission Statements. In this blog we think over what we discussed in our last podcast and offer some suggestions about the way forward
Design A School 2-2: The Vision/Mission Statement podcast
This week’s Design A School Podcast is about The Vision/ Mission Statement. What does that mean ? What makes a good Mission Statement/Vision.
Design A School 2-1: Visions
In Design a School Week 2 We Blog and Podcast about Vision or Mission Statements Shaking All Over Leonard I’m not comfortable with the word Vision or the Phrase Mission Statement. To me, a Vision is something you see in a state of heightened unawareness. Up there in the clouds. And then you fall backwards…
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“This is a much needed project. There is a wide gap between what people WANT our kind of schools to be and the reality. It is so important that people with on-the-ground experience keep the knowledge of real Summerhill ideals alive. Jason and Leonard have that experience.”
-Zoe Readhead,
Principal of Summerhill
