Talking schools - Colin Ward

A comprehensive school in the 1970s

A comprehensive school in the 1970s

A compilation of 10 talks given by Colin Ward on education from a libertarian and anarchist perspective.

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Dartington Hall School photo, 1986

Real education: varieties of freedom - David Gribble

Gribble describes several different schools around the world with pupils from all backgrounds, and demonstrates how children do better when they…

photo of Colin Ward speaking at the International Anarchist Conference in Venice

The Path Not Taken - Colin Ward

Colin Ward contrasts working class self-help with the welfare state. From The Raven #3, 1987.

“Power of the grassroots": reflections on a step into alternative education

This piece attempts to reflect on a preliminary step in bringing a radical, alternative education…

race and iq

Race, education, intelligence: a teacher's guide to the issues

A late 1970s pamphlet from the National Union of Teachers on the bankruptcy of IQ studies and the…