Reading "The Modern School Movement" by Avrich and there are a few things that stick out to me as lessons from past attempts at liberatory pedagogy. 1. Money - often reliant on donations to stay afloat, which makes sense, ideally would be offered freely. Great challenge to

building the new within the shell of the old. 2. Parents - self selecting for people that want to get involved, need to find some way to allow children to flourish without excessive parental intruision. of course they can and should be involved, but should never be dictating

curriculum. Also not to mention how 2 parent model creates dangerous power relations. 3. Lack of pedagogical knowledge/understanding/experience - great theory of liberation, but there needs to be additional understanding of child psychology, historical pedagogy, current

practice and data, etc. Obviously all of this is open to critique and revision, but pretending as if this information is irrelevant is foolish and prideful.

Overall really exciting to learn about, im having a great time.