About IDE | Activities | Database | Schools | IDEC | Links | Forums Links Democratic and Alternative Education DAVID GRIBBLE PERSONAL WEBSITE: educator, and much more. This is david gribble's website, an impotent figure in the democratic education world. the new web site has lots of articles,written lectures and talks. you can also find in it the whole of an unpublished book gribble wrote, a book that was already translated to Japanese :"Escape from Tradition". :"Escape from Tradition". AAPAE: australasian association of progressive and alternative education This is the website for the australasian association of progressive and alternative education. The aaape serves as an advocacy group for the cause of alternative and progressive education in Australasia. The aims of the group are: To exchange experiences with other alternative/progressive schools To share practices, perspectives and stories. To discuss current theoretical perspectives within alternative/progressive education To explore current socio-political issues relating to education. To further an organized network of like minded schools within Australasia. A. S. Neill's Summerhill School Summerhill School is a progressive, co-educational, residential school, founded by A. S. Neill in 1921; in his own words, it is a 'free school' though this does not mean, alas, that it is state funded. The freedom Neill was referring to was the personal freedom of the children in his charge. Summerhill is first and foremost a place where children can discover who they are and where their interests lie in the safety of a self-governing, democratic community. Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) AERO Conference '06: "Educational Alternatives: Finding Our Commonalities & Celebrating Our Differences" Education Now Education Now is a not-for-profit research, writing and publishing company, a co-operative devoted to developing a more flexible education system to cope with the wide variety of learning styles, forms of intelligence and the needs of a rapidly changing society. FairTest - The National Center for Fair & Open Testing The National Center for Fair & Open Testing is an advocacy organization working to end the abuses, misuses and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that evaluation of students and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound. IDEN International Democratic Education Network IDEN is a network of schools, organisations and individuals all around the world that uphold such ideals as: respect and trust for children equality of status between children and adults freedom of choice of activity democratic governance by children and adults together no reference to any supposedly superior guide, past or present. Paths of Learning A resource for educators, parents, scholars and policymakers seeking democratic, holistic and student-centered forms of education. Students Againts Testing Students Against Testing was created to be a strong force against the score-obsessed education machine known as standardized testing. At the same time, SAT also exists as an advocate for bringing positive, creative and real-life learning activities into the schools. SAT believes that for the reasons stated below urgent action from the student body itself is the most direct way to counteract the boredom and petty competition that currently plagues the schools. The Centre for Self Managed Learning (CSML) The Centre for Self Managed Learning (CSML) was established as a non-profit organisation in 1994 to develop and promote the wider use of Self Managed Learning (SML) and provide a network giving advice and support to people involved in SML. The Education Revolution: The Website of AERO - The Alternative Education Resource Organization The Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 by education expert Jerry Mintz to advance learner-centered approaches to education. AERO is considered by many to be the primary hub of communications and support for educational alternatives around the world. The Sudbury Valley School Sudbury Valley School is a place where people decide for themselves how to spend their days.   Links | Home