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11. OECD. OECD Learning Compass 2030: A Series of Concept Notes. Paris: OECD, 2019–2020. Defines student agency and co-agency as core aims of modern education systems.
12. Meckler, Laura. “For Many Home-Schoolers, Parents Are No Longer Doing the Teaching.” The Washington Post, August 17, 2023. Reporting on pods and microschools expanding self-directed learning beyond traditional classrooms.
13. Deci, Edward L., and Richard M. Ryan. “The ‘What’ and ‘Why’ of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior.” Psychological Inquiry 11, no.4 (2000): 227–268. Foundational theory of autonomy support underlying the essay’s classroom practices.