Clearview Sudbury School
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Sudbury silver linings
Today we’re pleased to share an important update from Bruce Smith, a longtime staff member of Clearview Sudbury School, about…
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Social-emotional learning during the COVID crisis: Lessons from Austin’s alternative schools
Faster transitions to distance learning ease anxiety For some schools, moving out of a physical space and into distance learning…
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Happy Birthday, Clearview!
Guest contributor Bruce Smith is a staff member at Austin’s Clearview Sudbury School. A former high school teacher with degrees…
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What’s new in Austin’s alternative education community?
Here’s a brief roundup of some of the latest developments in the local alt ed scene as the 2019–2020 school…
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How to build community among alternative schools? Put the kids in charge!
Guest contributor Peter Fox is a high school student at the Academy of Thought and Industry in Austin. When I…
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Are we nearing a tipping point for a new model of education? A talk with Peter Gray
Are you hopeful about the future direction of self-directed education in the United States? Where do you see our…
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Austin alt schools are expanding and diversifying
“Spring is the time of plans and projects,” said Leo Tolstoy. Or maybe it was Martha Stewart? In any case,…
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My whirlwind tour of alternative schools in Austin
From February 2 to February 11, 2015, I visited eight alternative schools in the Austin area. Seeing those schools was…
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Crazy in the name of education
We, as a modern adult society, are quite literally “driving our children crazy in the name of education,” according to…
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Open houses and open doors
On the heels of last weekend’s wildly successful Education Transformation School Fair, many participating schools and other alt ed programs…
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