Additional Resources
At Alpine Valley School we are often asked what a "typical day" in self-directed democratic education looks like. This video is our attempt to answer this question, along with testimonials from each of our staff members. Get a rare peek inside Colorado's first Sudbury School and see just how amazing learning can be.
Books
When Kids Rule The School
by Jim Rietmulder
The Self-Driven Child
by William Strixrud & Ned Johnson
Free to Learn
by Peter Gray
Free at Last
by Daniel Greenberg
Secrets of a Buccaneer Scholar
by James Marcus Bach
Wounded by School
by Kirsten Olson
Free Range Kids
by Lenore Skenazy
Schools on Trial
by Nikhil Goyal
A video from our sister school in New York. One of the best we have seen describing our approach at Alpine Valley School.
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
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. We hope you will enjoy their spirit, their focus, and above all their intensity in pursuing their passions.
In this talk, Dr. Peter Gray compellingly brings attention to the reality that over the past 60 years in the United States there has been a gradual but, overall dramatic decline in children's freedom to play with other children, without adult direction.