The sower

The sower

The Spring Academy is back! With Evangelos Vlachakis who brought an idea for action after a long time of quiet. As part of the nationwide action days for Zapatistas education, Spring Academy will screen the film: “The sower” El Sembrador A documentary about the creation of a universal model of education in Chiapas of Zapatistas. Saturday 12/06 at 20.30: Elea […]

Spring Academy and educational reform

Spring Academy and educational reform

Spring Academy: fully realises Τhe UN Convention on the Rights of the Child fully realises the right to choose, to differ, tο self-direct and self-determine in life as a whole for all ages  is rooted in learning that is embodied, ecological, combinational, interdisciplinary, blended, inclusive, intergenerational, multicultural, multilingual   is working for the widespread establishment and legitimation of learning communities as […]

“FIND them and TAKE them! Make your rights your own” Online Game

“FIND them and TAKE them! Make your rights your own” Online Game

“InArt12” is organising the online group game “FIND them and TAKE them! Make your rights your own!” It is for teenagers and you can register until the 25th of February. Spring Academy is taking place. We invite you to join our group. Contact us if you are interested. “Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its […]

Spring Academy 2018

The Spring Academy idea was born in 2015 out of research into educational reform in Greece and any other country where educational choice is limited. This research was, and continues to be, in collaboration with educational reform experts and organisations from all over the world.From 2017 until 2019 the Spring Academy operated as a temporary learning community in Corfu, Greece.From […]

Spring Academy 2019

The Spring Academy idea was born in 2015 out of research into educational reform in Greece and any other country where educational choice is limited. This research was, and continues to be, in collaboration with educational reform experts and organisations from all over the world.From 2017 until 2019 the Spring Academy operated as a temporary learning community in Corfu, Greece.From […]

Testimonies 2017

I was at the Spring Academy mainly as a mother and I enjoyed the way our 2-year-old son experienced “together”, the “circle”, the “community”. Our cohabitation this week was a powerful experience. Even these small breaths of soap bubbles in my daily life gave me a great inspiration for the next steps. And since then, things appear on their own […]

Defending the Obvious

Defending the Obvious

This article is based on an older article written by three authors, Wolfgang Knorr, Zoë Valerie, Dimitris Lajios. Zoë Valerie, edited, updated and expanded it into this article ιν Δεψεμβερ 2019. Εducational alternatives are commonplace in much of the world; democratic schools of various types, Waldorf/Steiner schools, Montessori Schools and other pedagogic models, homeschooling, worldschooling and unschooling opportunities are available […]