Frankenstein, rights and the Co-op

Have been to a seminar at the Institute of Education on Co-operative Schools. I had two questions. Why apparently respond to the 'privatisation of schools' agenda when promoting co-operative schools. I was on a panel for Social Enterprise London some three years ago, on School as Social Enterprises, I argued for co-operative schools under local authority control and state ownership. Indeed one of the Directors agreed with me on the platform, that good schools needed to include children as part of their 'stakeholders'.

The other question, was the need to have children as active community members in their schools, how were they putting their voice into the decision-making structures, not as consumers, or customers, but as active citizens?

My paper on why all children and teachers should learn about Summerhill and similar examples has been promoted on the UNESCO web community IBE Community of Practioners, second item down.