by Aaron Browder, Open School staff
August 4, 2022
It’s natural as parents to want our kids to have a better life than we had. We just know that with the right parenting recipe, we can steer our children toward greatness. This is the basic idea behind education as well. Even parents who opt out of the conventional educational model—with its set curriculum and […]
by Aaron Browder, Open School staff
July 24, 2022
This is part of a series on how children learn in Self-Directed Education. It attempts to answer the question: How can children learn without teachers, classes, or homework? Go here to see an overview of the series so far. During their journey through childhood, children encounter many things which they have to figure out in […]
by Aaron Browder, Open School staff
July 15, 2022
This is part of a series on how children learn in Self-Directed Education. It attempts to answer the question: How can children learn without teachers, classes, or homework? Go here to see an overview of the series so far. If we started enrolling all of our 1-year-olds in English classes, within a couple of generations […]
by Aaron Browder, Open School staff
July 4, 2022
This is part of a series on how children learn in Self-Directed Education. It attempts to answer the question: How can children learn without teachers, classes, or homework? Go here to see an overview of the series so far. Madison couldn’t read. She was seven years old, enrolled in a school that doesn’t have classes […]
by Aaron Browder, Open School staff
June 25, 2022
This is part of a series on how children learn in Self-Directed Education. It attempts to answer the question: How can children learn without teachers, classes, or homework? Go here to see an overview of the series so far. How can we be sure that kids will learn everything they need to know? This is […]
by Aaron Browder, Open School staff
June 14, 2022
This is part of a series on how children learn in Self-Directed Education. It attempts to answer the question: How can children learn without teachers, classes, or homework? Go here to see an overview of the series so far. Last time I explained what education is by dividing it into six categories: Basic skills People […]
June 1, 2022
Happy Pride Month. Welcome to the Monthly Happenings! It was one heck of a month, to say the least. There is so much to fill you in on, so if you are new to our Open School community, Welcome!! If you’ve been with us for a while, Hello again!! This month we had our first-ever […]
by Angela Young, Open School staff
May 25, 2022
From trips to the local Jr. College for Chemistry Class, to studying Norse Mythology with students all over the continent, here at The Open School we can confidently say there’s been plenty of child-driven organized learning. We’ve witnessed a trend where older students, particularly in their teen years, become increasingly interested in class-like study, but […]
by Aaron Browder, Open School staff
May 18, 2022
This is part of a series on how children learn in Self-Directed Education. It attempts to answer the question: How can children learn without teachers, classes, or homework? Go here to see an overview of the series so far. A: “Our school has no teachers, no classes, and no homework.” B: “So, the kids don’t […]
May 4, 2022
Welcome to the Monthly Happenings! And May the 4th be with you!!! I know this is late, BUT! It’s because I have a super good reason. We had an amazing gala and a week-long camping trip. And man, oh man, it was one heck of a month, to say the least. There is so much […]