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Recommended Reading List

If you are studying the Sudbury Model, we recommend all of the publications by the Sudbury Valley School Press. Click on the hyperlink to go to the Sudbury Valley School Bookstore.

Click here for Articles and papers by staff and parents of the Sacramento School

Some online articles about the Sudbury model:

"Learning On Their Own Terms" Washington Post, April 2006

"School for Life", ODE Magazine Issue 14

"In Kids We Trust", ODE Magazine Issue 21

"Education: Class Dismissed" Psychology Today, May-June 2006

"R-E-S-P-E-C-T: What Children Get in Democratic Schools"

Sudbury Education Resource Network: Publications on PDF

John Taylor Gatto:
"Challenging the Myths of Modern Schooling"
"Eyeless in Gaza"

Books:

AN OPEN HEART: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life the Dalai Lama
BEING ME AND ALSO US Stallibrass, Alison
CHILD’S WORK- Taking children's choices seriously Wallace, Nancy
CREATIVITY Fox, Matthew
DESCHOOLING SOCIETY Illich, Ivan
DUMBING US DOWN: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling Gatto, John Taylor
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, Goleman, Daniel
FREEDOM TO LEARN Rogers, Carl R
GIFTED CHILDREN, Myths and Realities Winner, Ellen
HOW CHILDREN LEARN Holt, John
HOW YOUR CHILD IS SMART Markova, Dawna PHD
I LEARN BETTER BY TEACHING MYSELF Leistico, Agnes
KIDS ARE WORTH IT! Giving the gift of inner discipline Coloroso, Barbara
LEARNING ALL THE TIME Holt, John
LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME Loewen, James W.
MISEDUCATION : preschoolers at risk Elkind, David
NO CONTEST, the case against competition Kohn, Alfie
OVERCOMING MATH ANXIETY Tobias, Sheila
POWER VS. FORCE The Hidden Determinates of Human Behavior Hawkins, David R., M.D., Ph.D
PUNISHED BY REWARDS Kohn, Alfie
SELF DESIGN Cameron, Brent
SELF UNIVERSITY: The price of tuition is the desire to learn: Your degree is a better life Hayes, Charles D.
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST CHILDHOOD LeShan, Eda J
THE DAY I BECAME AN AUTO DIDACT Hailey, Kendal
THE HAPPY CHILD Changing the heart of education Harrison, Steven
THE HURRIED CHILD: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon Elkind, David
THE MAGICAL CHILD Pearce, Joseph Chilton
THE SELF-RESPECTING CHILD Development Through Spontaneous Play Stallibras, Alison

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