Bring the self-directed education movementto your community

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LOVE WHAT YOU DOSupport young people to improve their lives

With a combined 40 years of experience running self-directed education centers, Liberated Learners can help you plan, build, and sustain your own program.

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"Working with Liberated Learners is a huge advantage for anyone considering starting a learning center."
Andrea Cubelo-McKay
Embark Center for Self-Directed Learning

Partner with us toStart an SDE center

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Upcoming Events:

  • Playing for Keeps: The Upside of Downtime Film Screening, trailer. Coming this spring, check back for details.

In Case You Missed It:

  • Recording of Self-Directed Education for Neurodivergent Children, a discussion with Naomi Fisher, clinical psychologist and author of A Different Way to Learn: Neurodiversity and Self-Directed Education, Dec 2023.
  • Recording of A Self-Directed Education: The Learner Experience, a youth panel discussing their experience directing their own education, May 2023.
  • Recording of Alternative Paths to College,  discussion with author, speaker, and youth program leader Blake Boles.
  • Recording of Can School Hinder Learning?, a discussion with Naomi Fisher, clinical psychologist and author of Changing Our Minds: How Children Can Take Control of Their Own Learning, Feb 2023.
  • Recording of  School-Related Stress: End the Suffering, a discussion with Peter Gray, author and researcher, who's written extensively about children's natural ways of learning and the life-long value of play, Jan 2023.
  • Recording of College Admissions for Homeschooled Applicants, a US-based panel discussion including an admissions officer, college advisor, and SDE center staff person, Oct 2022.
  • Recording of Untigering with Iris Chen, author and founder of the untigering movement, September 2022.
  • Recording of What is Neurodiversity?, with JayJay Mudridge, staff member at Bay State Learning Center, Apr 2022.
  • Recording of What Still Matters? North Star Alumni Over Age 30, with Ken Danford and a panel of North Star alumni, Feb 2022.
  • Recording of The Importance of Play, with Scott Gallagher and Chris Boditch, hosted by Raritan Learning Cooperative, Jan 2022.
  • Recording of What Do You Say?: A Discussion with Bill Stixrud and Ned Johnson, hosted by Liberated Learners, Dec 2021.

Get InvolvedWhether you are just exploring or ready to get started, Liberated Learners can help

  • Step 1: Learn

    Liberated Learners offers a number of low-commitment ways to learn about self-directed education and the Liberated Learners model to see if it is right for you.

  • Step 2: Plan

    If you are ready to explore bringing a self-directed education center to your community, Liberated Learners offers help with strategic planning.

  • Step 3: Build and Sustain

    Liberated Learners membership offers knowledge and resources to open the doors of your self-directed education center as well as ongoing expert support for established centers.

Which step is right for you?GET STARTED

The Model

Learn How to Create A Self-Directed Education Center


Join us for a free introductory webinar

REGISTER HERE

Wednesday, Apr 10, 2024
9:00-10:00 am, EDT, Presenter: Ken

Monday, May 13, 2024,
7:00-8:00 pm, EDT, Presenter: Ken

During this live training you will learn

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how the educational model works

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how the business model works

Youth and staff of Princeton Learning Cooperative circled up for all-group meeting in the Common Room

how Liberated Learners can help you start a center

The GoalWorldwide network. Local impact.


Purple stars = Member Centers  

Yellow pins = Planning

Orange dots = Connections

A whole network of supportCollaborate with others doing this work