The Sudbury model is a form of democratic, self-directed education first implemented at the Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts in 1968, in which students of all ages set their own course of study entirely, with no required classes, and the school is governed by a School Meeting in which every student and staff member holds one equal vote over rules, budgets and staff hiring. It is a later and more radical model than the Summerhill-era democratic schools of the earlier twentieth century, dropping the very distinction between structured lesson time and free time, and dozens of Sudbury-model schools now operate worldwide on the same charter.
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Central QuestionWhat happens to learning and school governance when students are given complete responsibility for their own education and an equal vote alongside staff in a direct democracy? 1 Connections
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Students have complete responsibility for their own education, and the school is run by a direct democracy in which students and staff are equal citizens.
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