"The function of a child is to live his own life — not the life that his anxious parents think he should live, nor life according to the purpose of the educator who thinks he knows best," wrote British educator A.S. Neill.
Kilquhanity House School in southwestern Scotland sits closed, but educator Shinichiro Hori (inset) plans to reopen it in a few years. PHOTO COURTESY OF KINOKUNI CHILDREN'S VILLAGE SCHOOLS