No grades, no timetable: Berlin school turns teaching upside down
Sudbury Valley Schools are the gold standard as far as I can tell from my research. (I spent a number of years as an education&#x2F;students rights activist; built and ran the country&#x27;s most famous education blog back in 2009; and have otherwise been doing advocacy work for a couple decades)<p>They are fully democratic and focus on producing empowered self directed citizens who understand how to share limited resources and cooperate.<p>The kids have as much power as any adult or teacher, which I really love -- they say you can&#x27;t make someone partially equal -- either you share power with them or you don&#x27;t. No grades or grade levels, students decided what to focus on. Great mini documentary on the website to watch as well.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sudval.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sudval.org&#x2F;</a>