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The 'Sudbury model' originated at the Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Massachusetts.

"The starting point for all our thinking was the apparently revolutionary idea that a child is a person, worthy of full respect as a human being.  These are simple words with devastatingly complex consequences, chief of which is that the child's agenda for its own life is as important as anyone else's agenda -- parents, family, friends or even the community.  In the school we wanted for our children, their inner needs would have to be given priority in their education at every point."

Sudbury Valley School Press, The Sudbury Valley Experience (The Sudbury Valley School Press, 1992)

Sudbury Valley School has been in continuous operation since it was founded in 1968.  There are now 'Sudbury model' schools across the United States and around the world.  The Sudbury Education Resource Network (SERN) is dedicated to supporting these schools and to furthering this model of education.