Spring Term at The Pearl Democratic High School
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Thank you to the Campbell foundation
We are honored to have received a $10,000 donation from The Campbell Foundation in honor of our board member Rachel Pearl. This generous donation will help us pay for our non-personnel expenses while we continue working on our fundraising plan. The Pearl is a grassroots organization offering students a safe educational environment where students report …
Meet The Pearl Youth Logo Contest Winner!
As a democratic school we include youth in decision making and all important aspects of the school. Therefore, we feel it is important that our logo is created by a young person! Youth from all over the world were invited to submit to our contest. The winner was democratically chosen by current students, youth and …
Learn About Courses Being Offered During Winter Term
Winter Term Begins January 6, 2021 Teens can take all of our classes, a few, or just one. We partner with your family to create an educational plan that works for you. Class size is capped at 10, so all students get the support they need. All of our teachers are experts in their fields, …
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Teaching to the Test Harms Students
Standardized tests are only useful for measuring standardized minds. However, humans are not standardized, nor do we want them to be. If you think about it, pressuring students to do well on standardized tests is a strange way to measure success. Why would we want everyone to learn the same content or take the same path? …
The Talents of All Students Must Be Nurtured in Schools
The COVID-19 pandemic and schools being closed have made many parents acknowledge that the mainstream educational system wasn’t serving their kids appropriately. I keep hearing from parents that although their kids miss their friends, they are less stressed and don’t want to go back to school in the fall. Some kids are diving into learning and …
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Youth Want a Democratic Education
“We need to rebuild our schools from the ground up with the democratic classroom in mind. This would increase the positive outcomes of education for everyone and create the world leaders that we need to solve global problems such as climate change” — High School student I’ve been researching and teaching about student-centered education and …