This is interesting! My daughters also go to a small private "democratic education" school -- that is, with a philosophy largely inspired by A.S. Neal's Summerhill, and by the work of John Holt. "Small" in this case means a total enrollment cap of 80 students between preschool and grade 12. My daughters have never had a class-size of more than eleven children, nor a class with fewer than two grades in it. We're very happy indeed with the environment and philosophy.Evening Mist said:Our oldest goes to a very small secular private school with an "alternative" aproach to learning. We've been overwhelmingly happy with it, an our youngest will go there as well in 2 years.
pmcleanj said:This is interesting! My daughters also go to a small private "democratic education" school -- that is, with a philosophy largely inspired by A.S. Neal's Summerhill, and by the work of John Holt. "Small" in this case means a total enrollment cap of 80 students between preschool and grade 12. My daughters have never had a class-size of more than eleven children, nor a class with fewer than two grades in it. We're very happy indeed with the environment and philosophy.
Which "alternative" from among the various methods available does your school use?