With the new school year upon us, students, teachers, and parents are all breathing a sigh of relief – a fresh start with new teachers, new books, new lessons, and for some lucky students, a new school.

For those enrolled in Michigan’s Little Lake Free School, new curriculum and new teaching methods are also on the menu. That is because at Little Lake, students make the rules. Yep, that’s right – the students make the rules. They also decide the curriculum and even mediate disputes between peers. Now, this too-good-to-be-true dream for students is not completely self-directed…

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