Anarchism in school

[DaRk-OnE]

In anarchism how would schools and universities etc function and what changes would there be if any ????.

[barret]

I'm currently asking the same question on this post : http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php...entry1291938279 (http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=40490&st=0&#entry1291938279)

[bcbm]

http://www.anarchosyndicalism.net/culture/paideia.htm

[STABD]

Not to much of a difrence but education would be better. Teachers teach to the test not to life, they only care about getting the pay check (because they have to). Its not really about if the kids learn or not, its how the test comes out that determines there pay, alot of teachers have already been cought cheating. This wouldnt hapen under anarchy. There would actually probly be alot more teachers because in capitalism its not practical for someone with an education to take a job like that. If you woke up tomarow living in a anarchy style world you probly wouldnt notice much change other then the coast of diamonds would have gone up. Unless your poor then you will be alot more comfortable.

[top_chat]

it would probably be something like summerhill school in suffock that believes that kids learn best when they are free from coercion (authority) and apperntly is quite groundbreaking and influential in it's philosophy. In addition to taking control of their own time, pupils can participate in the self-governing community of the school. School meetings are held four times a week, where pupils and staff alike have an equal voice in the decisions that affect their day-to-day lives, discussing issues and creating or changing school laws.


In March of 1999, following a major inspection from OFSTED (The "OFfice for STandards in EDucation"), the then Secretary of State for Education and Employment, David Blunkett, issued the school with a notice of complaint, which took issue with the schools policy of non-compulsory lessons. Failure to comply with such a notice within six months usually leads to closure, however Summerhill chose to contest the notice in court. The case went before a special educational tribunal in March 2000, when four days into the hearing, the government's case collapsed, and a settlement was agreed. The pupils who were attending the hearing that day took over the courtroom and held a school meeting to debate whether to accept the settlement, eventually voting unanimously to do so.

http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/ - its websight