Resources
VIDEOS
Jeff Sandefer's TEDx Talk – Watch video
Acton Academy (Main) - Disruptive Education – Watch video
A Virtual Tour of Acton Academy (Main) – Watch video
Acton Academy (Main) - A Day in the Life – Watch video
Joining the Acton Academy Tribe – Watch video
Changing Educational Paradigms, Sir Ken Robison, TED Talk – Watch video
What Makes a Hero? TED Ed, Matthew Winkler – Watch video
The Hero's Journey – Watch video
The Power of Believing You Can Improve, Carol Dweck – Watch video
The Myth of Average, Todd Rose, TEDx Talk – Watch video
Do Schools Kill Creativity, Sir Ken Robinson - Watch video
Let’s Teach for Mastery - Not Test Scores - Sal Khan - Watch video
BOOKS
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined, by Salman Khan
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The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, by Sir Ken Robinson
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, by Richard Louv
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Courage to Grow: How Acton Academy Turns Learning Upside Down (2nd Edition) by Laura Sandefer
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Unschooling Rules, by Clark Aldrich (foreword, by Jeff Sandefer, founder of Acton Academy Austin)
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Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns, by Clayton Christensen
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A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century, by Oliver DeMille
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Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle
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The Spark: A mother’s story of nurturing, genius, and autism, by Kristine Barnett
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The Beautiful Tree: A personal journey into how the world’s poorest people are educating themselves, by James Tooley
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Nutureshock: New Thinking About Children, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
ARTICLES
How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses, by Joshua Davis
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Creating Innovators, by Erica Swallow
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It's Time to Rethink How We Are Educating Our Children, by Benjamin Stecher
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Lessons Learned From Great Schools Around the World, by Will Minton
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The Founder of Khan Academy on How to Blend the Virtual with the Physical, by Salman Khan
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Student Centered Learning: Math in the Blended Learning Environment, by Kaylie Reed
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The Secret to Raising Smart Kids, by Carol S. Dweck
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Let Children Take Risks, by Lenore Skenazy
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The Key to Raising a Happy Child, on nprEd
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The Wonder Class, on Potter’s House
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