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.
BigFish Inspiration
On the stage at TEDxPortsmouth, Diane and Madi offer stories about the founding and first two years of BigFish Learning Community.
Ken’s New Blog
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
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.
Resolving Conflicts by Bringing People Together
When something’s amiss, who solves the problem, and how?
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.
Joel Hammon Featured on Blake Boles’ Podcast Off-Trail Learning
Joel talks about quitting teaching, starting Princeton Learning Cooperative, and supporting others to create centers using the Liberated Learners model.
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.
The Secret Club
Up until recently I didn’t even know that learning could be fun because it was always a set curriculum that you HAD to do. Now that I’m at Embark I have realized that learning can be different.