Some Historical Context for Our Current Vision

Some Historical Context for Our Current Vision

I spent the first half of this summer immersed with people working to create alternatives to traditional school at three conferences: Liberated Learners, AERO, and Blake Boles’ Young Professionals. The vision and commitment among these colleagues to change the established system feels revolutionary, and so I spent the past week of vacation reading about a group of people who preceded us by over a century: The Modern School Movement.

Young Professionals in Self-Directed Education

Young Professionals in Self-Directed Education

This past weekend I had the fun opportunity to play the role of “Old Wise Guy” at Blake Boles’ weekend retreat for Young Professionals in Self-Directed Education. The event aimed to bring about twenty young people together from a range of programs and democratic schools that support students to follow their interests rather than a mandatory curriculum.