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[quote=Anonymous]The academic program is highly-structured (in a branching, scaffolded kind of way).  Behavioral expectations are pretty clear as well.  Kids don't "run loose" -- though they move between classes and do some work out-of-doors (e.g. science) from an early age, sometimes in small groups.  Actually addressing teachers by their first names is part of a deliberate structure (vs. laxness) -- i.e. one that treats teachers and students as partners in learning and encourages a sort of openness and comfort with respect to, for example, asking questions or disagreeing.

As for yelling in the halls.  I'm on campus a lot (and have been for the past 10 years).  It's not something I see or hear.  Not denying you might have once, but that could happen at any elementary school.

Depending on age, the floor thing may have been part of a research project on whether concentration is improved when kids aren't forced to sit behind desks all day.  IME, it's not disruptive and can actually lead to more focus than kids sitting in closer proximity and whispering, passing notes, etc.

Obviously, YMMV (and 14:00's clearly does).  But my point is that there are carefully thought-out reasons behind much of what you see at GDS.  It's not anything goes.  It's lets focus on the important stuff (learning, treating each other with respect) rather than imposing authority/order/discipline for its own sake or as an end in itself.  [/quote]

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