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Valedictorians Slam School in Graduation Speeches: The Righteousness of Speaking Truth to Power

On July 7, 2017August 26, 2024

The high school diploma is a largely meaningless piece of paper. One does not need a high school diploma to get most any job, nor is it needed to get into any respected American college or university. The high school graduation, on…

Want to ruin the lives of children? There’s an EdTech company for that.

By abadminuser

On July 3, 2017June 26, 2024

Today I came across a tweet that turned my stomach. The tweet referenced a promotion video from Hero K12, a “student behavior management” software provider that just raised $150 million of venture capital. Hero12K is a leading recipient of edtech investment in…

#Behaviorism#Coercion#EdTech#Implicit bias#Punishments and Rewards#Venture Capital

Abrome Weekly Update: July 2, 2017

By abadminuser

On July 2, 2017August 26, 2024

#Education Fads#Emancipated Learning#Krause Springs#Laura Bush Community Library#Smart schooling

Separating Education Fads, Fact, and Fiction

By abadminuser

On July 1, 2017August 26, 2024

Antonio Buehler, founder of Abrome was invited to the Laura Bush Community Library to speak about education fads and gimmicks, and how to discern between the two. This video is shared courtesy of the library. </iframe>”>https://youtu.be/jGXDkt0DhVQ

#Abrome#bells and whistles#Cultural Literacy#Education Fads#Education Gimmicks#Educational Fads#Experiential Learning#Flipped classroom#Going Gradeless#Learning Styles#Peer learning#Peer Tutoring#Personalized learning#Project Based Learning#Rubrics#Self-directed learning

Abrome Weekly Update: June 18, 2017

By abadminuser

On June 19, 2017August 26, 2024

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#Black Lives Matter#Bullying#Education Fads#Emancipated Learning#Jump Street#Laura Bush Community Library#Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined#Weekly Update

Talk to Your Children

By abadminuser

On June 15, 2017June 26, 2024

The homeschool versus public school debate revolves around the education of children typically only after the age of five. Ignoring what happens before a child is old enough to attend state schools ignores the reality that education begins at home, not at…

#Clayton Christensen#Early Childhood

Tackling Bullying in Schools

By abadminuser

On June 14, 2017August 26, 2024

Antonio Buehler, founder of Abrome was invited to the Laura Bush Community Library to speak about how to tackle bullying in schools. This presentation leaned heavily on the bullying series we provided earlier this ‘academic’ year. Those posts are listed below. This…

#Abrome#Age-mixing#Agency#Anti-Oppression#Bullying#Change the Context#Collaboration#Competition#Culture#Empathy#Philosophy of Education

Raising Resisters

By abadminuser

On June 6, 2017June 26, 2024

The 2016 presidential election campaign reminded many Americans that while our society likes to boast about its commitment to equality, justice, liberty, and tolerance, that an often stronger undercurrent of bias, bigotry, oppression, and hate courses through the veins of American culture….

#Emancipated Learning#Free Schools#Oh Shit! What Now?#Raising Resisters#Social Justice#unschooling

Abrome Weekly Update: June 4, 2017

By abadminuser

On June 5, 2017August 26, 2024

This week at Abrome: Emancipated Learning, self-directed learning, deschooling, learning everywhere, learning all the time. </iframe>”>https://youtu.be/vf1pVYOI6H4

#Deschooling#Emancipated Learning#Self-directed learning#Weekly Update

Deschooling: How Long Does it Take?

By abadminuser

On June 1, 2017June 26, 2024

Parents should not enroll their children in traditional schools when their children become school-aged, especially public schools, even if they are advocates of public schooling. The reason being is that they do not know what the future holds for their children, and…

#Abrome#Democratic Schools#Deschooling#Emancipated Learning#Homeschooling#Summer break#unschooling

Getting into Harvard and Stanford: How to Earn Admission Into Elite Colleges

By abadminuser

On May 31, 2017August 26, 2024

Antonio Buehler, founder of Abrome was invited to the Laura Bush Community Library to speak about how to gain admission into elite colleges and universities. This video is shared courtesy of the library. </iframe>”>https://youtu.be/XHXaHUIT5zQ

#College Admissions#Harvard#Stanford

Abrome Weekly Update: May 26, 2017

By abadminuser

On May 26, 2017August 26, 2024

This week at Abrome: everyone back at Abrome, attendance optional, Finding Dory, admissions update, and public presentations. </iframe>”>https://youtu.be/1QVAvI9wbts

#Abrome#attendance#Harvard#Raising Resisters#Remarkable Life#Stanford#Weekly Update

Abrome Weekly Update: May 19, 2017

By abadminuser

On May 20, 2017August 26, 2024

This week at Abrome: 210-day calendar, donating our time to the community, offerings. </iframe>”>https://youtu.be/kYor7__CnvM

#academic calendar#Agile Learning Centers#College Admissions#Emancipated Learning#Harvard#Raising Resisters#Remarkable Life#Stanford#Weekly Update

Abrome extends academic calendar to 210 days; attendance still optional

By abadminuser

On May 16, 2017June 26, 2024

Abrome is uninterested in replicating the practices and structures of schooling. For example, when we launched Abrome this past August, we committed to never subjecting young people to classroom instruction, homework, or testing, because those are oppressive practices that undermine learning. One…

#Abrome#academic calendar#Agency#attendance#Extended school year#year-round schooling

What Is the Best Way to Crush Entrepreneurial Spirit? Force Children to Take an Entrepreneurship Class!

By abadminuser

On May 9, 2017June 26, 2024

Gallup recently shared the results of their annual poll on entrepreneurial ambition among American students.[1] In the prior five years of polling, 33% to 35% of high school students indicated that they planned to start their own business. This year that number…

#21st Century Learning#Entrepreneurship#Futurism#high school#middle school#Singularity

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