Learning Together in a Time of Crisis

Laptop showing zoom call with notes in a notebook below

Across the LL network, centers are moving their programming to an online platform, often offering many of the formerly in-person activities and opportunities in a new online format, as well as adding a number of new options.

Going Global: Liberated Learners in The Philippines

Ken Danford with 3 teens during visit to The Philippines

Abot Tala is seeking to become the first Liberated Learners center outside of North America. I have just returned from spending ten days with their team, meeting everyone involved with the project and learning about Manila and The Philippines.

A Clip from New Self-Taught Documentary

Self-Taught is a film about adults who homeschooled reflecting on how this approach has impacted their lives, careers, and general attitudes.

What Does it Mean to Be Educated?

By Ken Danford. Blake Boles has been writing and speaking about self-directed learning for over a decade, most recently for the Alliance for Self-Directed Education.  In his article What Does it Mean to Be Educated?,  he offers a somewhat historical perspective of where we are in the long-term arc of public education in the United States.  As Blake points out, schools …

Opting Out in a Bigger Way

Teens headed out for a walk in the woods

Schools are gearing up for another round of standardized tests. Families are rightly opting out of these tests. Tests measure a very narrow range of skills and abilities—they can’t possibly measure what we value most in young people: creativity, inspiration, kindness, curiosity, collaboration.

Changing a Life in Eight Minutes

“Hi, this is Angie. My son is 16. He is an artist. He’s terrific. He has had some great summer experiences, he works with a professional artist, and he has a full vision for what he wants to do. But he hates school.”