Why progressive schools struggle to survive? | Anatomy of a Closed School

For this session of Voices of Change we’ll count with Katrin Brait and delve into the “Anatomy of a Closed School”. Katrin was part of one of the most progressive education projects in The Netherlands, a sociocratic school. But this school doesn’t exist any more. Why? Join us to go through the journey from birth to death of a progressive schools. Katrin hasn’t just gone through it, but interviewed community members to understand how things could have evolved differently. ?♾️ Join our peer community of education project founders and innovators at Ubuntu Mastermind (Katrin is already part of it ;) https://evolvingeducation.org/en/ubuntu-mastermind/ ? Don't miss our upcoming sessions of Voices of Change joining our newsletter: https://evolvingeducation.org/en/newsletter-eng/ ? What do the most transformative education centers have in common? Download our free ebook “Questioning Quality Education”, the result of our research with +150 education pioneers in 17 countries https://evolvingeducation.org/en/ebook-questioning-edu/ ? Discover our latest resources and events here: https://linktr.ee/evolvingeducation ? Join our global support network to transform education at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EvolvingEducation ? More information about Evolving Education at: https://evolvingeducation.org 00:00:00 Intro to Evolving Education and Voices of Change 00:03:37 Reunion with former student 00:05:13 How the school started and evolved 00:11:57 Sociocratic education 00:19:00 How sociocracy works in practice 00:26:55 Struggles of horizontal facilitation 00:30:50 Priorities in education 00:37:40 Changes after govenment funding 00:41:50 Adaptation period of children for ownership 00:49:25 Group dynamics among facilitators 00:53:00 Fast growth and change 00:57:00 Refraiming failure to grow from it 01:00:15 Strong pillars to resist many forces 01:05:20 You cannot serve everyone 01:08:43 Other people's experiences 01:14:00 Key insights for founders 01:26:14 Ending story