Case study: A curriculum for the 21st century – embodying transpersonal education through the Millennium School, San Francisco, USA
Written by: Scott Buckler
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SCOTT BUCKLER, RESEARCH LEAD, HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL, UK
Introduction
With increased mental health and wellbeing concerns (The Children’s Society, 2025), failing economies (Egan, 2025) and political and trade tensions, among others, the curriculum and, indeed, schooling are long due a complete overhaul. While there have been disruptors – for example, Francisco Ferrer i Guàrdia and his ‘Escola Moderna’ (or ‘Modern School’) in Barcelona and AS Neil’s ‘Summerhill School’ in the UK, through to the work of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire and his critical pedagogy, the Montessori and Reggio Emilia approaches and Steiner (Waldorf) education – few of these ideas have been adopted within the mainstream education sector (Buckler, 2021, 2024).
The following is a case study into the Millennium School (www.millenniumschool.org) in San Francisco, a school developed on principles of transpersonal education. Transpersonal education is a theme within the field of transpersonal p
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