A SCHOOL
THAT BREATHES

In Italy, families can choose parental education — teaching their children themselves, entrusting the teaching to someone else, or mixing the two. La Stella is a collective of families who made that choice together.

We pooled our homeschool rights, hired our own teachers, and made a place for the children to gather. By law our children are homeschooled. In practice, a small team of teachers welcomes them each morning at the trullo, and the rhythm of the day feels like any other school — drop-off in the morning, pick-up in the afternoon, while parents go to work.

The legal frame is different; the days are full of learning, friendship, and Puglia sunlight.