How Best to be a Teacher?

Steven interviewing 4 PLC teens for a podcast episode

When teachers become unhappy with teaching in a conventional school, they often begin looking around at what options are out there.

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.

Ken’s New Blog

15-year-old reading Ken Danfords book, "Learning is Natural, School is Optional"

Ken’s on a roll with some great posts on his newly launched blog. My favorite is a satirical thought experiment, a la Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal.

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.

Common Sense Learning

“Common Core-aligned” has become the quality control test by which we measure a legitimate education. Perhaps, “Common Sense-aligned” is a better marker of a solid education.