This set has been designed to provide an introduction to the School’s life and philosophy. It is especially useful for prospective parents, students and staff. It is also a good place to start for anyone doing research on the Sudbury model.
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To celebrate the School’s 30th anniversary, a series of talks was presented showing how people who struggled to implement this new educational model deepened their understanding of topics such as play, conversation, and democracy. This set is valuable for parents considering a Sudbury education.
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Our best-selling description of the school is bursting with the excitement of life at Sudbury Valley. Free at Last is also chock-full of stories that illustrate the many unique features of this highly original model.
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The Journal publishes essays relating to the development of the concepts underlying the Sudbury model, as well as articles and vignettes about the life of the school.
Price for the Journal is $70 outside the U.S.
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A comprehensive collection of materials designed to aid people in starting Sudbury model schools and in understanding the model in depth. Includes books, in-house publications, CDs, audio books, DVDs, a subscription to the Sudbury Valley School Journal, and many other items.
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Living in a World Transformed, the 21st Century
4-CD set, Item #441
Sudbury Valley - the Easiest School or the Hardest?
CD, Item #440
Retail Value: $34.90
Special: $19.95
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What education needs is something it rarely gets: a thorough, deep re-examination of its essence – of what it is, and what it means. To do that requires an understanding of human development, and a comprehension of the great historic forces that have shaped human nature and society.
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The Journal publishes essays relating to the development of the concepts underlying the Sudbury model, as well as articles and vignettes about the life of the school.
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Many people think that Sudbury Valley is an easy school, many think that it is hard. The truth, it turns out, is much more subtle and depends entirely on your point of view. This lecture talks about “easy” and “hard” from a very new angle. This lecture was delivered on March 17, 2010.
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This is a comprehensive study of the personal and professional histories of 188 former students. Included is a great deal of anecdotal information about their lives after they left the school, along with extensive comments on how they feel the school influenced them.
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“What do kids learn at a Sudbury school? Are there any guaranties? I actually think that there are, and I think the things that can be (almost) guaranteed are the most important things of all in an explosively changing world.”
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This book is an extensive discussion about how people form their individual conceptions of the world, how they deal with each other socially, and how societies interact. It offers new outlooks on various aspects of psychology, sociology, economics, history, philosophy, linguistics and education.
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Our best-selling description of the school is bursting with the excitement of life at Sudbury Valley. Free at Last is also chock-full of stories that illustrate the many unique features of this highly original model.
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This introductory video is an impressionistic display of many facets of the School’s daily life, followed by comments by former students, as presented in a public event held at the School.
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“The simple answer is: of course they can! If they’re given the freedom to do what they would do naturally – to do all the things that learning is about – of course they can learn. They do it as infants, they will do it as adults, and they do it throughout the ages in between.”
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What do students say about life at Sudbury Valley? This book is a remarkable series of vivid personal recollections of school, in the words of former students, drawn from comprehensive, reflective interviews, telling what they did, and how they felt about their Sudbury Valley School experience.
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“I was just a kid from East Boston who was not sure that this was going to be the right fit for me but I think in my time here I decided that I was going to make it the right fit for me. Success can be a choice and you certainly can do that here. You can go in any path that you like.”
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One thread that runs through this book – letting things go their own way, letting children develop their own curiosity freely, letting people make all the mistakes they can on the way to developing their judgment – is that all these things involve an enormous amount of time, and require patience.
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Designed for groups, classes, parents and others interested in a quick introduction to the basics of the Sudbury model, this booklet is short, easy to read and discussion-provoking.
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“I was just a kid from East Boston who was not sure that this was going to be the right fit for me but I think in my time here I decided that I was going to make it the right fit for me. Success can be a choice and you certainly can do that here. You can go in any path that you like.”
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