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There's a fairly good documentary about the sudbury school somewhere, I'll come back and edit this post if I can find it. But the premise is largely one of giv
by pyromine 11y ago
There's a fairly good documentary about the sudbury school somewhere, I'll come back and edit this post if I can find it.
But the premise is largely one of giving students greater agency to pursue their education.
Frankly, even as someone who finds them fascinating I reject any notion that they would be successful outside of affluent communities. There is just no way that kids would learn without a very strong family based push behind them. It's kind of an interesting approach, but I really do believe that they can work, but only in a subset of situations.
- mjklin 11y agoI visited a Sudbury school once in Maryland, where most of the boys spent the day absorbed in video games. The teacher supported them, saying "this is how kids learn nowadays." For all I know, she may be right. But it must be difficult for the parents to pay that tuition knowing they could do the same at home. It also supports your point that affluent communities are the natural home for this kind of learning, although to my knowledge Summerhill School in the UK (the granddaddy) is not affluent in background.