by Ken Danford | Feb 15, 2021 | self-directed learning
Among my favorite activities is welcoming and orienting new people to the field of self-directed education, especially young teachers who are disillusioned by the system they had felt inspired to improve. Now, the moment has arrived to join forces with some others who...
by Ken Danford | Dec 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
This week my daughter Claudia has unceremoniously completed her studies at the University of Vermont, even though we have no graduation gathering to mark the event. She simply turned in her last paper, and that was that. She has written this blog about how she...
by Ken Danford | Dec 1, 2020 | self-directed learning
I dissent from two current headline-making statements about whether schools should be open during this recent Covid-19 surge in November: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker: (Concerned that too many students are attempting to learn from home) “We all know that...
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...
