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
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.
Blake Boles on Liberated Learners, Agile Learning, and Sudbury
In the world of self-directed learning, there are few schools or programs that fully empower teens to pursue their own interests without any external requirements from the program itself.
A Cycle of Unlocking Opportunities
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.
Teacher Liberation
Check out my recent TEDx talk, Teacher Liberation. The primary focus was reaching educators who love working with young people, but are frustrated by the traditional education systems.
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.
Is Your Child Having a Rough Start to the Year? 5 Reasons Your Family Might Consider a Semester Away from School
Unless you’re a homeschooling family, your child or teen has been in school for many years. Consider this a sabbatical. Everyone can use a sabbatical.
Who We Serve and How
How is it possible to take a diversity of students from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, skills, and abilities, and support their transformation from disengaged, disenchanted, and/or disruptive to inspired directors of their own lives and educations?
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.”