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
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, by Sir Ken Robinson
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, by Richard Louv
Courage to Grow: How Acton Academy Turns Learning Upside Down (2nd Edition) by Laura Sandefer
Unschooling Rules, by Clark Aldrich (foreword, by Jeff Sandefer, founder of Acton Academy Austin)
Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns, by Clayton Christensen
A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century, by Oliver DeMille
Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle
The Spark: A mother’s story of nurturing, genius, and autism, by Kristine Barnett
The Beautiful Tree: A personal journey into how the world’s poorest people are educating themselves, by James Tooley
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
Creating Innovators, by Erica Swallow
It's Time to Rethink How We Are Educating Our Children, by Benjamin Stecher
Lessons Learned From Great Schools Around the World, by Will Minton
The Founder of Khan Academy on How to Blend the Virtual with the Physical, by Salman Khan
Student Centered Learning: Math in the Blended Learning Environment, by Kaylie Reed
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids, by Carol S. Dweck
Let Children Take Risks, by Lenore Skenazy
The Key to Raising a Happy Child, on nprEd
The Wonder Class, on Potter’s House
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