This is certainly an interesting approach. i have no idea about it's effectiveness, but i sure hope it proves to be right. I think it would be a much happier way for kids to learn.

I'm not saying that "normal" schooling is perfect. Far from it. But this is just ridiculous. I sure hope none of these kids ever want to go to college or med school.

Okay I just looked at the school's own website, and I'll be damed if I'd pay $9500 per year tuition for my kid to watch horror movies and play with ninja turtles.

www.brooklynfreeschool.org

Our future is in the hands of those who set their own rules....that is not encouraging or comforting. "Have it your way" has become the American way.

And I'm all for having fun in school, but seriously....the purpose of learning is to provide yourself with the skills needed to survive and excel in this world. No education, as most of us know, usually leads to poverty. There are some who are not higher education material...I like the old idea of teaching trades and skills as opposed to most of the junk they offer kids in high schools now. How many, (as an example), have taken their computer "skills" and succeeded beyond their wildest dreams?

I hear what all of you are saying, and quite honestly i tend to agree. But when i look at the system as a whole, i'm certainly not convinced that it's working best for everyone, so a radical change might be in order. I'm not predicting that this way will work, but it sure would be nice if it does.

Sounds like the perfect school to prepare someone to follow in GW Bush's footsteps.

Such schools are important for some kids. I went to an alternative high school myself where the student body voted on the school rules, we took only two different classes a day (for three week terms), had no grading system (just pass/fail) and radical as it seems called our teachers by their first names.