When Kids Rule the School

Stories
Prologue: Taming the Wild
Introduction

Part One: Self-directed Democratic Schools
1. What's a Democratic School?
    Small-scale Democracy
    Sudbury Schools
    Summerhill School
    Integral Education
    Free Schools

2. The Circle School
    Scaled-down World
    Foundation Principles

Part Two: A Case for Democratic Schooling
3. Integral Education: An Emerging Era
    Traditional to Modern to Integral
    Fill a Bucket, Light a Fire, Fan a Flame
    The Radical Difference

4. Democratic Schools: A Better Fit
    Aligning School with Society's Ideals
    Alignments Within the School
    Aligning School with Children's Lives
    Bliss It Isn't
    Human Development and Democratic Schooling
    And Finally There's This

5. Seven Ideas
    Democratic Schooling in a Nutshell
    Community: Less Obvious, More Important?
    Intrinsic Motivation and Autonomy
    Optimal Challenge: Children Reaching Higher
    Embodied Cognition and Deep Learning
    Coercive Curriculum Harms Children
    Practicing Life

Part Three: Thinking about Thinking
6. How and What Do They Learn?
    Worldviews, Culture Wars, Concerts, and Railroads
    Expanding the Scope of Education in School
    Old Ways
    Integral Learning Patterns Enabled by Democratic Schooling

7. Critical Thinking
    Capable Cognition
    Provocations
    Culture of Critical Thinking
    Deep Play and Critical Thinking
    Critical Thinking in Perspective

Part Four: In Practice
8. Jargon
    School Meeting
    Ends We Seek
    School Meeting Committees
    School Meeting Officials
    Corporations
    Certification
    Lawbook
    Judicial Committee
    Board of Trustees

9. A Typical Day?
    Walking Tour
    Bulletin Board
    Room Reservations
    Daily Schedule
    What You See and What You Don't

10. School Government
    Elections
    School Meeting
    Corporations
    Staff
    Management Manual
    Laws
    Enforcement and Empowerment
    Judicial Committee
    Formal Governance
    Legal Structure

11. The Chore System

12. Safety, Safety, Safety
    Standards
    Laws
    Safety Practices

13. Moving On: College and the World
    High School Diplomas
    College Admissions
    Not Going
    College and Degrees

Part Five: Frequently Asked Questions
    Basics
    Curriculum
    Assessment and Reporting to Parents
    Getting into a Democratic School

Epilogue: Seeking Infinity
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Management Manual Table of Contents
Appendix B: The Circle School Corporation Bylaws
Appendix C: Colleges Attended by Circle School Graduates
Index
About the Author
A Note about the Publisher