State School Dreams brings together selected posts from Flourish & Survive, the blog from KindEducational. It was always Flourish & Survive. Long before I'd written a word. At the time I was trying to find the words to articulate my vision for a new curriculum and flourish & survive seemed to have everything. I mean, just imagine what could be happening in the space between these two points; between survival and flourishing; from the very basics needed to just keep going through to the rich nourishment needed to thrive. It’s now my sandbox dream place for a future school; a blog for the now and next; a space to conjure up a system truly committed to liberating learners and learning. Most of the posts are what I call ‘fan-faction’ and are inspired by all those amazing rebel school start-up narratives, but reader beware: not all of what follows is untrue! If you want to work with KindEducational then visit the website at www.kindeducational.co.uk. In the meantime, join me in the dreaming and enjoy the dispatches from the frontier…