“Students will possess the set of powerful character traits that the Sudbury system imbues in those who have spent sufficient time in the program. Above all, they will live an examined life that is fulfilling, meaningful and fun.”
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The people who play sports at SVS learn far more profound lessons about life than those that can be taught by regimented, performance-oriented sports. They learn excellence, the type of excellence that comes from setting a standard for yourself to live up to and then trying your best to live up to it.
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This video is a glimpse into the life of our school. Enter a world of young people who are exuberant about their lives, and are fully in control of their education and of their school. We hope you will enjoy their spirit, their focus, and above all their intensity in pursuing their passions.
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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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“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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The people who play sports at SVS learn far more profound lessons about life than those that can be taught by regimented, performance-oriented sports. They learn excellence, the type of excellence that comes from setting a standard for yourself to live up to and then trying your best to live up to it.
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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 book is valuable for parents considering a Sudbury education.
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A look at what “guidance” means, plus a thought-provoking discourse on how human beings get where they want to go, both literally and figuratively, and the role guidance plays in that journey.
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In the Spring of 2000, Mimsy Sadofsky was interviewed by Dr. Daria Brezinsky on her live radio show, “Children Come First”. The wide-ranging and searching questions asked on the show mirrored those that are so often asked during enrollment interviews and other conversations about the school.
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In this book, two of this generation’s most provocative thinkers and practical doers have re-imagined education from the ground up. They draw on the latest scientific research, the most enduring human wisdom, and their unique personal experiences transforming institutions that resist change.
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“Sudbury Valley School was consciously modeled on the American experience. Our book The Crisis in American Education stressed the theme that this school’s values parallel those of American society. Why is it so hard for Americans to accept its premises? Why is it such a hard sell to the rest of the world?”
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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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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 book is valuable for parents considering a Sudbury education.
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A good introductory presentation with a lively question and answer session. Given to an audience composed of graduate students at the Harvard School of Education.
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“Its judicial procedure is a community’s way of dealing with breaches of the rules that have been set up in order to deal with actions that derive from the tension between the individual’s desires and the community’s needs. Every social order, no matter how primitive, has some judicial procedure.”
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In the Spring of 2000, Mimsy Sadofsky was interviewed by Dr. Daria Brezinsky on her live radio show, “Children Come First”. The wide-ranging and searching questions asked on the show mirrored those that are so often asked during enrollment interviews and other conversations about the school.
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This book quickly became a classic and is still enjoyable and relevant. It lays out the foundations of the Sudbury model in clear, easy terms.
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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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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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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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