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.

Bay State Shares “Sam’s Story”

Two boys sitting on the stage, collaborating

The stories of young people at Liberated Learners centers who came from a conventional school environment where they struggled to fit in are always deeply moving.

The Self-Driven Child: Making it possible

Teen drawing on a hand-made pattern

The goal of Liberated Learners centers is to support teens to leave traditional school and to start living the lives that they want for themselves now. The approach begins with having kids take more direct control over their lives.

A Cycle of Unlocking Opportunities

Two loaves of bread, donut-shaped, decorated in purple, yellow and green icing and sprinkles

Seth Godin writes at times about education as a system, that it’s more about “stealing dreams” than offering opportunities to learn and master new skills.

Does This Count…

… is a question I hear frequently – the last time being  1 pm Friday afternoon, from a Deep Root Center teen at the end of our mentoring session.

The Mentoring Effect

A mentor working with a teen member

Mentoring is without a doubt the part of the “PLC magic” that we most value. It’s more important than just about everything.

Move over, Rigor

Years ago, a good friend of mine said something that just stuck with me.  “I could care less about rigor”—surprising words from an honors-level high school teacher. “What I care about is vigor.”