Summerhill Democratics
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Democratic Meetings 1
Democratic Meetings are the essential part of democratic schools.
Summerhill Take Away #3: Your Democratic Meetings
We need more democratic meetings. Here is a way of setting up a meeting similar to the Summerhill Meeting. It can be used at work, in clubs, societies, and committees. The more democratic we are the better, in my opinion.
Age Range 2 : The Podcast
Is there an essential Age Range? A Lynch pin?
Design A School 2-1: Vision/Mission Statement Intro
In Design a School Week 2 We Blog and Podcast about Vision or Mission Statements 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 and babble, shake…
Qualities of Teachers 6 – Personality
Qualities of Teachers : Personality of Teachers and Schools Clara was an experienced but frustrated state school Science teacher and very much wanted to find a better situation for herself. One Friday evening, over drinks, a friend told her about Summerhill. The philosophy interested her and she bought the book, Summerhill, and then visited the…
Keep it in the Family
Family and kinship are a part of our mammal nature. How do they relate to our choices in education? Is it right for the state to work against our primal instincts.
Do schools have to be so expensive?
Schools are expensive. It is not just the buildings. The staffing, maintenance and resourcing all cost money and, if you do not have the financial clout of the state, you have to pass that cost along to the parents of the children you serve. This means that a decent alternative school is always out of…
Right From Wrong
Do you think we should teach difference between right and wrong? I don’t. Here’s why.
Trump’s Face: Democracy is More Important than This!
Social media reveals a lamentable lack of intelligence in our political discussions. Here I argue that politics is not all about image, that leaders should not be given the visibility of pop stars and that people are intelligent enough to have their own opinions.
