Freedom and democracy in education had strong support in the 1960s and early '70s, but then support was removed. Yet, ALPHA, a public democratic elementary school, has survived.
In today’s world, democratic schools are among the few settings where kids can actually be kids and learn in the ways that they are biologically designed to learn.
At Sudbury model schools, students and staff together run the school, democratically. How does this work, and what do formers students say about these democratic processes?