The Forest School: An Acton Academy

It took me a lifetime. -Pablo Picasso

How do parents understand and value self directed learning?

How teachers transition to self directed learning

How do learners understand self-directed learning?

What self directed learning is and isn’t

What if K12 learners actually made the rules at their school? www.theforest.school/blog-and-n//contract-signing-ceremony

It’s sink or swim in Elementary Studio this week. Yesterday we made rafts to practice buoyancy and displacement.

Don’t fail or you fall into the frying pan!

Beyoncé is laying unconscious on a seesaw, above a pool of lava. Can you balance the lever system and save her? That’s yesterday's Physics Quest challenge.

The most critical role for K-12 educators, therefore, will be to equip young people with the curiosity and passion to be lifelong learners who feel ownership over their education https://www.nytimes.com//opinion/covid-education-work.html

This week middle schoolers launched their Physics Quest with a drag race!

It’s a great day for lunch outside with friends

Pinch sorting at this morning’s parent coffee

Incredible Contract Signing Day and Ceremony yesterday where learners built teamwork and made a public commitment to uphold a Contract of Promises that they themselves created. At The Forest School learners make the rules.

Thx for the mention Getting Smart ! https://www.gettingsmart.com//why-and-how-to-open-a-micro/

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Thanks, Business Insider, for the mention. We are huge fans of our partners at Trilith! https://markets.businessinsider.com//trilith-unveiled-purp#