Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "A Sudbury school is a type of school, usually for the K-12 age range, where students have complete responsibility for their own education, and the school is run by direct democracy in which students and staff are equals. Students individually decide what to do with their time, and tend to learn as a by-product of ordinary experience rather than through coursework. There is no predetermined educational syllabus, prescriptive curriculum or standardized instruction. This is a form of democratic education.While there is no accepted definition of a Sudbury school, the intended culture within a Sudbury school has been described with such words as freedom, trust, respect, responsibility and democracy.The name 'Sudbury' originates from the Sudbury Valley School, founded in 1968 in Framingham, Massachusetts, near Sudbury, Massachusetts. There are now more than 30 Sudbury schools around the world. Some, though not all, include "Sudbury" in their name. These schools operate as independent entities and are not formally associated in any way.Sudbury schools are based on the beliefs that 1) children already have the main behaviors needed in adulthood, and 2) having full democratic rights in childhood is the best preparation for life in a democracy.Sudbury schools are defined by both their overall philosophy and their specific methodologies. A staff member at Cedarwood Sudbury School wrote that "a nearby alternative public school has a mission statement that sounds like Cedarwood's philosophy, but their school is completely different in practice.""@en }
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- Sudbury_school abstract "A Sudbury school is a type of school, usually for the K-12 age range, where students have complete responsibility for their own education, and the school is run by direct democracy in which students and staff are equals. Students individually decide what to do with their time, and tend to learn as a by-product of ordinary experience rather than through coursework. There is no predetermined educational syllabus, prescriptive curriculum or standardized instruction. This is a form of democratic education.While there is no accepted definition of a Sudbury school, the intended culture within a Sudbury school has been described with such words as freedom, trust, respect, responsibility and democracy.The name 'Sudbury' originates from the Sudbury Valley School, founded in 1968 in Framingham, Massachusetts, near Sudbury, Massachusetts. There are now more than 30 Sudbury schools around the world. Some, though not all, include "Sudbury" in their name. These schools operate as independent entities and are not formally associated in any way.Sudbury schools are based on the beliefs that 1) children already have the main behaviors needed in adulthood, and 2) having full democratic rights in childhood is the best preparation for life in a democracy.Sudbury schools are defined by both their overall philosophy and their specific methodologies. A staff member at Cedarwood Sudbury School wrote that "a nearby alternative public school has a mission statement that sounds like Cedarwood's philosophy, but their school is completely different in practice."".