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All about Imagine Academy

Have the ideas at Imagine Academy sparked 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 of our learner-driven studios.

Blogs

Acton Academy Austin Elementary Blog

Acton Academy Austin Parent Blog

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

Lorra Dailey, 16 years-old Acton Launch Pad Hero details her business plan to help children with Self-Development.

Acton Academy Interviews: Charlie and Sam Sandefer

Acton Academy Interviews: Karissa Dailey

RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms.

An Acton's Graduation Highlights.

Jeff Sandefer + Reinventing Education

How to Educate Your Children | Jeff Sandefer | EP 336.

How To Run A School With 3 Adults Or Less | The Show | Dad Saves America.

6 Problems with our School System | Next School.

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