You'll be pleased to hear it is something! There's a whole school system designed around this approach - parents as staff, non-directive learning, secular, demo

You'll be pleased to hear it is something! There's a whole school system designed around this approach - parents as staff, non-directive learning, secular, democratic, no age stratification, school as an Ivan Illich style workshop for learning. They're called Sudbury Valley and they've been around since the 1960s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_Valley_School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_Valley_School I actually made a radio documentary about one of these schools, Wicklow Sudbury in the South East of Ireland https://soundcloud.com/garethstack/the-free-school https://soundcloud.com/garethstack/the-free-school As someone who had a very rough experience of school (the social side being the worst part), it was inspiring to see a place where kids could truly be themselves and pursue their interests (often to levels far beyond their 'grade year' in traditional education).