by Ken Danford | Nov 19, 2020 | self-directed learning
In case you do not receive North Star’s printed newsletter, Liberated Learners, here is our Fall 2020 edition that just came out. You can meet current member Sam Kleinman-Eddy, and hear both his and his mother Sara’s description of how his switch from conventional...
by Ken Danford | Nov 1, 2020 | self-directed learning
Featured photo: North Star Alum Jonah Ferdman-Hayden (on right) installing solar panels on the North Star building. Two of my current projects, alumni research and North Star building improvements, collided this week in the form of Jonah Ferdman-Hayden. When the...
by Ken Danford | Oct 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Somewhere on Long Island, a 14-year-old boy named Eli is concluding his last day of 9th grade online-school-at-home. He has been successfully resisting doing the assignments he considers meaningless, and the hours in front of the screen have felt like a waste of his...
by Ken Danford | Oct 1, 2020 | self-directed learning
The Glass Is Half-Full When I’m asked how North Star is coming along this fall, I struggle with starting with whether “the glass is half-full” or the “the glass is half-empty.” We have a lot of redeeming and inspiring moments each week, and I think we are making the...
by Ken Danford | Sep 16, 2020 | self-directed learning
(Here’s a “Happy Alumni Story.” I will have an update on North Star’s first month of the new academic year in the next installment, but it’s a bit too soon to summarize right now.) What happens to a boy who skips school and goes fishing all day? Not just one time as a...
