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Have the ideas at Acton Academy Eastern Long Island 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.

Videos

The Hero's Journey at Acton Academy

Most Likely to Succeed Trailer

Jet Cockpits and The End of Average

TED: Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson

Disruptive Education: The Acton Academy Story

TED: Let's teach for mastery - not test scores | Sal Khan

TED: Build a School in the Cloud | Sugata Mitra

Grit: the power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth

TEDxOKC: The Learner-Driven Revolution | Jeff Sandefer

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

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