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Students As Stakeholders

Children in a fully democratic school are stakeholders. They have an emotional and intellectual stake in creating the culture,...

Building Blocks of Democratic Education: #5 Individual Rights

This series of Building Blocks of Democratic Education began with time and trust, continued with democratic process and equality, and...

Building Blocks of Democratic Education #4 Equality

I’ve been watching a lot of late night television lately. I usually record shows and watch them during daylight hours because old age...

Building Blocks of Democratic Education: #3 Democratic Process

The essential building blocks for fully democratic schools include time, trust, democratic process, equality, and individual rights. I...

Building Blocks: Block #2 Trust

In the first segment of Building Blocks, I talked about the importance of time for children to develop their interests and become...

Building Block Series: Block #1 Time

I want to talk in this Building Blocks Series about why people should be beating down the doors of our school. There are numerous...

Choice Is An Illusion If Not Free

In a recent internet posting, a public school teacher quoted one of her students commenting that the class was “like a democracy.” Why?...