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Have the ideas at Slope School piqued your interest? If so, we recommend reading Courage to Grow: How Acton Academy Turns Learning Upside Down, by Laura Sandefer, Acton’s Co-Founder. This fast, engaging read is the best account our learner-driven studios.
Then, dive in with us in the conversation of the new science of learning. Below are some of our favorite videos, books, and articles.
Videos
The Hero's Journey
APR 28, 2019
Most Likely to Succeed Trailer
APR 28, 2019
Jet Cockpits and The End of Average
APR 28, 2019
Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson
APR 28, 2019
Disruptive Education
APR 28, 2019
Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores | Sal Khan
APR 28, 2019
Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud
APR 28, 2019
Grit: the power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth
APR 28, 2019
TEDxOKC - Jeff Sandefer
APR 28, 2019
A Virtual Tour of Acton Academy
APR 28, 2019
Books
Courage to Grow, by Laura Sandefer, co-founder of Acton Academy Austin
Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education, by Clark Aldrich
Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century, by Oliver DeMille
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined, by Sal Khan
Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education, by Sir Ken Robinson
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google that Will Transform How You Live and Lead, by Laszlo Bock, Former Head of People Operations at Google
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How., by Daniel Coyle
The Power of Myth, by Joseph Campbell
