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What is the Best Education Model? | Interviews with Educators

▪️Watch this next!    • What are Democratic Schools? | Interviews ...   How do families decide what kind of schooling is right for their child when there are so many options, and so much fear around “getting it wrong”? In this second episode of Interviews with Educators, Christina Kottmann speaks with facilitator and community builder Katrin Brait about how families navigate educational choices. Together, they explore how trust, relationship, and timing shape learning far more than a system's ideology. Katrin shares stories from her work with families, as well as personal experiences as a parent, including what it looked like when her own daughter chose to move between schooling systems. The conversation centers on listening to children, separating adult fear from children’s actual needs, and understanding schooling decisions as flexible rather than permanent. This episode invites parents, educators, and school leaders to slow down, notice the child in front of them, and reflect on how pressure and fear influence educational decisions. Topics we explore: ✅ Trusting children as participants in their own education ✅ Separating parental experience from children’s needs ✅ Questions families can ask when exploring school models ✅ Why relationships matter more than methods ✅ How fear and pressure distort decision making ✅ What grades and testing fail to show about learning and long-term wellbeing About the series: Interviews with Educators explores how learning actually happens, what schools often miss, and how families, educators, and leaders are already creating more human, supportive educational environments around the world. Christina Kottmann and guests explore what’s already working in schools and learning communities, and ask big questions about what it takes for educators, children, and families to thrive in the future of education. 👋 About my guest: Katrin Brait is a facilitator and community builder who has spent many years working alongside children, families, and schools engaged in democratic and self-directed education. She cares deeply about trust, equality, and meaningful participation in learning. Katrin’s work brings together consent-based leadership, democratic decision-making, and embodied practices such as movement, play, and of course, spending time in nature. Drawing from long-term hands-on experience, Katrin supports learning communities in designing structures that make collaboration more humane, grounded, and sustainable. — 📌 Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:03 Choosing the Right School Model 02:22 Listening to Your Child 03:15 Schooling Structure vs Child Needs 04:18 Trusting Your Relationship 06:30 Different Learning Needs 08:38 Family Constraints and School Choice 12:12 Choose a School by Relationship Approach 13:52 Measuring Learning 18:14 Stress and School Fit 20:29 Learning Comes With You 21:18 Making Informed School Choices — 📺 Watch "Interviews with Educators" on this playlist:    • Interviews with Educators   📌 Subscribe for more episodes exploring what’s working in education. Thank you for watching. Please share with educators and families you know. Created and hosted by Christina Kottmann Featured guest Katrin Brait Interviews with Educators video podcast series — 🔗 Resources:   / katrinbrait     / christina-kottmann   https://christinakottmann.com/ consulting services https://christinakottmann.substack.com reflections on the education system and teacher wellbeing — 📌 Christina Kottmann creates videos for educators and families who believe learning in schools can be human, relational, and meaningful. These conversations are for those questioning what matters in school, the priorities of education as a system, and how learning environments shape people and relationships. 📌 To nominate an educator as a guest on Interviews with Educators, contact Christina Kottmann on LinkedIn. — #podcast #education #interviewswitheducators #learning #trust #schoolchoice #familiesandschools #wellbeing #democraticschools #teachers #parents #childreninschool #educationreform #parentingandeducation #progressiveeducation