&gt; While there is no accepted definition of a Sudbury school, the intended culture within a Sudbury school has been described with such words as freedom, trust, respect, responsibility and democracy.<p>I&#x27;m trying really hard not to be immediately cynical about this, but a lot of this page doesn&#x27;t make any sense.<p>Most of these sources are primary, where the &quot;Sudsbury Valley School Press&quot; sells books of information about its schools, and they&#x27;re apparently acceptable citations.<p>A lot of the ideas here are noble and interesting, and can challenge the way people think about teaching their kids.<p>At the same time, I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s possible to treat most kids with their own education until they&#x27;re in high school. And what&#x27;s even better is that neither my opinion, nor theirs, is backed by scientific evidence in a peer-reviewed journal.<p>Some of the concepts within are interesting, like keeping parents out of their child&#x27;s education (assuming the school is good enough that the parent doesn&#x27;t need any control).<p>But it&#x27;s a system based on beliefs and beliefs alone.<p>Call me cynical, but I don&#x27;t get it.