Further reading
Daniel Greenberg & Sudbury History

Quick Start Guide


New to Sudbury and not sure where to begin? Start with these books:


  • 1991, Free at Last: The Sudbury Valley School by Daniel Greenberg
  • 2013, Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life by Peter Gray
  • 2018, America at Risk: How Schools Undermine Our Country's Core Values by Daniel Greenberg
All books by Daniel Greenberg

  • 1973, Announcing a New School: A Personal Account of the Beginnings of the Sudbury Valley School, ISBN 1-888947-11-X
  • 1974, Outline of a New Philosophy, ISBN 1-888947-17-9
  • 1985, The Sudbury Valley School Experience with Hanna Greenberg, Michael Greenberg, Laura Ransom, Mimsy Sadofsky and Alan White, ISBN 1-888947-01-2
  • 1987, Child Rearing, ISBN 1-888947-06-3
  • 1988, Early Lessons: Some Recollections of My Youth and What It Taught Me, ISBN 1-888947-09-8
  • 1991, Free at Last: The Sudbury Valley School, ISBN 1-888947-00-4
  • 1992, Legacy of Trust: Life After the Sudbury Valley School Experience with Mimsy Sadofsky, ISBN 1-888947-04-7
  • 1992, A New Look at Schools, ISBN 1-888947-03-9
  • 1992, Education in America: A View from Sudbury Valley, ISBN 1-888947-07-1
  • 1994, Worlds in Creation, ISBN 1-888947-10-1
  • 1994, Kingdom of Childhood, Growing Up At Sudbury Valley School with Mimsy Sadofsky and Hanna Greenberg, ISBN 1-888-94702-0
  • 1998, Starting a Sudbury School: A Summary of the Experiences of Fifteen Start-Up Groups with Mimsy Sadofsky, ISBN 1-888947-19-5
  • 1999, Reflections on the Sudbury School Concept with Mimsy Sadofsky, ISBN 1-888947-20-9
  • 2000, A Clearer View: New Insights into the Sudbury School Model, ISBN 1-888947-22-5
  • 2005, The Pursuit of Happiness: The Lives of Sudbury Valley Alumni with Mimsy Sadofsky and Jason Lempka, ISBN 1-888947-25-X
  • 2008, Turning Learning Right Side Up: Putting Education Back on Track with Russell L. Ackoff, ISBN 0-13-234649-4
  • 2016, A Place to Grow: The Culture of Sudbury Valley School, ISBN 1-888947-26-8
  • 2018, America at Risk: How Schools Undermine Our Country's Core Values, ISBN 1-888947-32-2
  • 2018, Constructing reality: The Most Creative of All the Arts, ISBN 1-888947-28-4
  • 2018, The Meaning of Education, ISBN 1-888947-29-2
All books about Sudbury schools

  • 1970, The Crisis in American Education: An Analysis and A Proposal by Sudbury Valley School, ASIN B000RZ9CZ2
  • 1972, Family Cooking by Margaret Parra, ASIN B00071FAYI
  • 2002, A View from the Inside by Michael Greenberg (son), ISBN 978-1888947304
  • 2008, Like Water: The Extraordinary Approach to Education at Fairhaven School by Mark McCaig (Co-Founder of Fairhaven School, Upper Marlboro, MD), ISBN 0615202802
  • 2013, Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life by Peter Gray (Founder of The Alliance for Self-Directed Education and son attended Sudbury Valley School), ISBN 0465025994
  • 2016, Beyond Coercive Education: A plea for the realisation of the rights of the child in education by Peter Hartkamp (Founder of De Kampanje, first sudbury school in the Netherlands, closed 2014), ISBN 9082564114
  • 2017, Glimpses: Sudbury Valley Impressions by Sudbury Valley School Press
  • 2018, Vanguard of a New World: Sudbury Valley School's Staff at the Half-Century Mark by Hanna Greenberg and Mimsy Sadofsky, ISBN 978-1888947311
  • 2019, When Kids Rule the School: The Power and Promise of Democratic Education by Jim Rietmulder (Co-Founder of The Circle School, Harrisburg, PA), ISBN 0865719047
  • 2020, Crying Under The Apple Tree: Children, Freedom, and Praxis in Democratic Education by Charlotte N. Landvoigt Ed.D. (Co-Founder of The Highland School, Ellenboro, WV), ISBN 979-8551061724
  • 2022, Empowered Kids, Liberated Parents: Why Children Are Healthier, Happier, and Achieve More When in Control of Their Own Lives and Educations by Cassi Clausen (Founder) and Aaron Browder (The Open School, Santa Ana, CA), ISBN 979-8986124902
  • 2023, Field Guide to Your Learning Journey: An alternative approach to your high school years for unschoolers, homeschoolers, liberated learners, and adventurers of all kinds by Pat Misterovich (Staff at The Open School, Santa Ana, CA), ISBN 979-8375802190