There are many books, films and websites where you can find more information on the subject of democratic education and the Sudbury School model.  Here are a few of our favourites to get you started. 

Books

https://www.bookdepository.com/Free-Learn-Peter-Gray/9780465084999  Free to Learn, Peter Gray

https://www.bookdepository.com/How-Children-Learn-John-Holt/9780201484045 How Children Learn, John Holt

http://bookstore.sudburyvalley.org/product/free-last Free at Last, Daniel Greenberg

http://bookstore.sudburyvalley.org/product/place-grow A Place to Grow, Daniel Greenberg

Resources

Democratic Education in Ireland

Is school participation good for children? Associations with health and wellbeing

Children & the outdoors

Is school participation good for children?

Democratic Schooling: What Happens to Young People Who Have Charge of Their Own Education?

Democratic Education and Administration 

Schooling the Democratic Way: understanding student experiences in Irish Democratic Schools from the perspective of staff members. 

Film and Podcasts

Websites and Blogs

www.sudval.org

www.wicklowsudburyschool.com

http://schoolingtheworld.org/a-thousand-rivers/

http://www.sudval.org/essays/042008.shtml

https://eudec.org/democratic-education/videos/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/13/utopian-thinking-children-in-charge-schools

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/children-school-academic-achievement-teachers-employers-charities-government-economy-a7920096.html

https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/institutes-for-technologies-of-reunion/

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