Pushing Up
The revolutionary nature of collective cooperative care lies in its ability to challenge dominant systems that prioritize individualism, competition, and hierarchical, misguided expertise — in short, the “push down” — in early childhood education. By working cooperatively, a small group of committed individuals can create profound and lasting change—demonstrating that early childhood education flourishes when it is rooted in relationships, shared responsibility, and deep respect for children as capable learners.
Time To Change The World
The children haven’t just been passing time in this magical world around them. They have been holding it in their hands and working with it every day.
Writing a New Chapter
There is only one choice. Like the saplings our Tracks class plant each year, like the children we raise, we must grow. We'll become a school that will safeguard a space of play, of creation, and of curiosity for children ages 2 through 8.
What a cooperative school offers parents
Cooperative schools were formed to provide mothers with work experience along with continued and diverse educational opportunities. All that was housed in a communal effort with childcare because women know instinctively that we are stronger together.
The Parents Aren't the Problem
Parents embrace the play. They also question. They wonder. They also disagree. They worry. They want more information. Oh my goodness, it is as if they CARE about what is going on with their children. And isn't that what I do as well?