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In this episode, we’re chatting with Mimsy Sadofsky from the democratic Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts about what a self-directed learning school looks like, what children do after attending such a school, how they learn to read in a democratic school and, of course, how the school is run by its children.

👉  Mimsy shares

• All about Sudbury Valley School
• The beautiful, mind-blowing philosophy of their school
• What their teens do after finishing high school
• The benefits of self-directed learning for children
• How the students are involved in the day to day running of the school
• What she has seen over her past 50 years at the school and why she stayed
• How their judicial system operates
• How children respond to this learning environment
• Their admission process and how they work with parents
• How Sudbury Valley School's children learn to read
• Answers to commonly asked questions
• How the traditional school system can harm children 

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https://www.sudburyvalleyschool.org/

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Astoria, Peter Stark 

Deep River, Karl Marlantes

👉  Guest Details

Mimsy Sadofsky is a co-founder and staff member of Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Massachusetts. She has been with SVC for 53 years. She is co-author of numerous books and articles about Sudbury Valley and the Sudbury approach to education. She is a self-directing learning advocate and pioneer in the free learning philosophy. 

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