by Ken Danford | Aug 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
July was a tragic month: we lost a treasured alumna, Jana Abromowitz. Jana was killed by a housemate for reasons that are impossible to comprehend. This death has been a shock for our community, and we are doing the best we can to respond. Jana was a member of North...
by Ken Danford | Jul 15, 2022 | self-directed learning
I have attended the Alternative Education Resource Organization’s Annual Conference just about every year since 2006. This global event is the largest and most enthusiastic collection of people I know interested in making education more learner-directed. AERO’s slogan...
by Ken Danford | May 23, 2022 | self-directed learning
Our spring job posting for a new core staff member netted 13 applications, and I spent the better part of a few weeks exclaiming, “I want to hire them all!” We have chosen to hire two people instead of just one for the fall, and we may have to find ways to include...
by Ken Danford | Apr 11, 2022 | self-directed learning
Saturday, June 11, 2022, Outdoors at North Star, 45 Amherst Road, Sunderland MA, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Come see your old friends and our new building! Honor the service of retiring Core Staff member John Sprague, who has been present since our first public meeting in...
by Ken Danford | Feb 18, 2022 | self-directed learning
Thank You to Jacob Miller-Mack, Ellen Morbyrne, Kiva Singh, and Sphennings Wright for sharing their thoughtful reflections about having left school with North Star’s support a couple of decades ago! This sort of conversation counts as Major Fun in my life! To give...
