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Voices from the New American Schoolhouse explores life outside the usual educational box. Narrated exclusively by students, the film chronicles life and learning at the Fairhaven School in Upper Marlboro, MD which practices an undiluted form of freedom and democracy that turns mainstream education theory on its head. Filmmaker Danny Mydlack enjoyed unrestricted access over a two-year period to produce this candid and unblinking encounter with kid-powered learning.


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This video is one ... ( 9 months ago by actress91)
This video is one of my favorites. I love Fairhaven. I love going there. Its amazingness. It works better than most people think. And it prepares kids for the real word more than the public schools do.
do they go to the ... ( 9 months ago by RyanMcB123)
do they go to the other schools for better test scores? better teachers? better accredited schools? or do they go because thats the only way that society will look them as successful. The idea of school as it is now is ridiculous. No these kids may not be the most educated but it is in the right track.
I this is a great ... ( 8 months ago by F00dTube)
I this is a great concept for mentally healthy kids with good parents. The freedom will create creative responsible minds. On the other hand it can go terribly wrong.
who would know what ... ( 8 months ago by ProfessorLonghair90)
who would know what theyre learning and doing all day better then the students?
OF COURSE normal ... ( 6 months ago by proximateXplatypus)
OF COURSE normal schooling is the only way they will be seen as successful. companies aren't run like a democracy; if you are told to do something by your boss by a certain deadline, you do it.
Array ( 6 months ago by proximateXplatypus)
(continued)
all companies have meetings of course, and people can discuss things with their supervisors, but you can't say "I'll come in to work, but I'll do that report next week instead of this week by the deadline, because I'm not motivated right now. Please pay me anyhow."
All they are doing is inflating these kids' egos (don't tell me that they don't all think they're hot shit), while allowing their reading, writing, and arithmetic abilities to suffer.
I am happy to see ... ( 6 months ago by milennio)
I am happy to see that the American school proceeds well.
Italy is disgusting.
I hate our society, where they live solo animal and it feels him every day someone whom beats to died some other... we are always aimed at.
iS A Shame.
you look for The Word '' BULLISMO '' And you See The Fifth Video Under.
and Also The Others.
you look at italy equal is to spazatura but in the schools.
Hate.
rubbish to ours ... ( 6 months ago by milennio)
rubbish to ours part.
its great if youve ... ( 6 months ago by jerms246)
its great if youve got $7280 to spend
You don't know what ... ( 6 months ago by RfrancisR)
You don't know what you're talking about. This model has been tried for forty years. 50% go directly from sudbury schools to college. 89% get into the college of their first choice. 80% graduate from college. 42% become entrepreneurs. Sudbury students never get test scores so your test scores story is invented.
great video. I ... ( 5 months ago by bswidestance)
great video. I attend Hudson valley Subury school and it is amazing. Weather its just talking or a 5 year old having the best suggestion in JC. Where is fair haven? Perhaps a will try to arrange a visit there sometime!
thats not really ... ( 5 months ago by ladybluerose)
thats not really how it ends up working i am a fairhaven alumni and i work for a photography company. fairhaven taught me to adjust to my surroundings. I'm successful in collage and having no problems with productivity. now I have seen the additude that your talking about in some of the students and its a sad thing to watch. they tend to not do anything with their lives and sit around doing nothing. but you know in standard schooling the same effect is seen as the "slackers" who don't put...
(continued)any ... ( 5 months ago by ladybluerose)
(continued)any effort into their education. When I got to collage I was painfully aware that my writing skills had been comprised and I had to take responsibility for my actions(or inaction as it would seem).but I worked very hard to get to were i am in life. somethings you've pointed out are very true and need to be addressed.fairhaven is a what you make it.
I agree. ... ( 5 months ago by bones1947)
I agree. Traditional schools are pumping out poorly educated students. The US ranks near the very bottom of western schools.
I bought the ... ( 5 months ago by extremelibrary)
I bought the documentary and loved it. To bad there aren't any school nearby. (Dallas/Fort Worth area).Maybe that will change in the future.Check out the video, you'll enjoy it.
so can normal ... ( 5 months ago by Treemeadow)
so can normal schooling.
Sudbury schools ... ( 5 months ago by Treemeadow)
Sudbury schools don't have tests- they don't get test scores! They don't even do SATs! You made that up.
This is aload of ... ( 4 months ago by EmoicSuicide)
This is aload of bolocks....
i go to the school, ... ( 4 months ago by ProfessorLonghair90)
i go to the school, and we take the SAT or ACT if we want. its just not required. i decided to take the ACT even though my college already accepted me, just to see where i was compared to others.
why dont you start ... ( 4 months ago by ProfessorLonghair90)
why dont you start one? if you want something, take initiative to get it done.
wow, thats even ... ( 4 months ago by Treemeadow)
wow, thats even better! I had always thought that you would go to an outside source to do that, like a COmmunity College or something, but its fantastic to know that your school facilitates your learning to such detail, that it caters for induvidual students who wish to do it. I have GOT to get the democratic school movement rolling in Australia!
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Nope- these kids ... ( 3 months ago by Treemeadow)
Nope- these kids are educated and motivated to a far superior standard than "traditional schools" (sppf, standard? we're humans! Why do we have to have EVERYONE meet the same standard?)
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