What if children are far more capable than we imagine?

“Acton Academy is on the vanguard of change in education in our country. After reading [Courage to Grow], your first two questions will probably be, ‘Why couldn’t my school be like this?’ and ‘How can I send my kids to Acton?’ This is an important story about learning what matters.”

“Montessori meets Silicon Valley”

“Acton Academy is one of the most important education developments in the world.”

“We’re training kids to do what computers do, which is spit back facts. And computers are always going to be better than human beings at that. But what they’re not going to be better at is being social, navigating relationships, being citizens in a community. So we need to change the whole definition of what success in school, and out of school, means.”

“Acton Academy is on the leading edge of what it means to give students agency of their own learning.”

“I’ve visited hundreds of innovative models of schooling over the past decade, and Acton continues to be one of the most promising models…..Acton is a truly inspiring and exceptional school.”

“When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling.”