Koch family to open a new kind of private school: No teachers, no homework, no grades

[Judi Lynn]

BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS

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February 04, 2018 02:00 PM

Updated February 04, 2018 02:37 PM

WICHITA, KANSAS
What if you could create a school from scratch – consult the experts, design the space, hire the teachers and incorporate all the latest research into how children think, move, develop and learn?

What would it look like?

Annie Koch wondered.

And now she and her husband are building it.

More:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article198361709.html

[janterry]

1. The Koch's are unschooling?

That's pretty interesting.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. Oh FFS! Can't these assholes just move to their circle jerk town like

in that stupid ass Ayn Rand book?

[AJT]

3. Too bad they don't believe in public schools. They believe schools should be private and

education should not be a requirement. You can either afford school or beg for a scholarship. They want to eliminate child labor laws and any minimum wage. It's all bootstraps all the time, unless you have the money to send your children to school.

[Hortensis]

12. Pathetic joke if they weren't so wealthy and committed.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

[benld74]

4. 10 K per year for GS. 6500 for PSkool

No other costs
BS

[Blue_playwright]

5. As an educator

I find this learner driven curriculum and culture interesting. Looking forward to seeing it launch.

[janterry]

10. Sudbury Model schools

When we were thinking of where to move, I considered the Sudbury School for my daughter
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/12/no-teachers-no-class-no-homework-would-you-send-your-kids-here/265354/

but we decided against it (she loved the idea!). We opted for a sort of hybrid model. She has regular classes, but the school has a commitment to following her passions (they'll find a way to provide what she needs at the school or in the community to do it). If it's acting, building things, science, math - art - whatever. You work to uncover what you love and they'll build that into your day.

The emphasis is not on grades - though there are grades - teachers are pretty flexible. Also they are flexible when assignments are due (it's about teaching individual kids, not getting them to take tests). So, there's not so much pressure.

She loves it.

[flotsam]

6. No homework and no grades?

That sounds like no personal responsibility and participation awards-you know, what they accuse liberals of promoting!

[BigmanPigman]

7. Sounds like an Alice Cooper song...

"No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers dirty looks....School's out forever".

[SCantiGOP]

8. Sounds like Trump University

Nothing but tuition.

[world wide wally]

9. Just send in your money and in a few years, we'll mail you a degree or diploma

(Depending on your contribution)

[Hortensis]

11. No TAXES. Of course.

[animalia4tril]

13. Kochs are implanting rightist totalitarian ideology into young ones' cerebrums

Does it seem coincidental that the whole premise of Koch's program (from the Miami Herald) smells very much like James Clavell's "The Children's Story"?