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read moreAbrome 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…
read moreWhile the Abrome YouTube channel has only eight videos on it, we have over half a million views. 99.95% of those views come from a video of super-entrepreneur Elon Musk insisting that when it comes to hiring talent for his team, that…
read moreWe are going to bring our supporters a brief weekly update whenever Abrome is in session. The first few updates have been pretty basic, but we expect that future updates will begin to hone in on particular aspects of Emancipated Learning, and…
read morePeople often ask me what makes Abrome different than other schools. This allows me to turn virtually every conversation with someone I meet into a discussion of the merits of self-directed learning and Learner autonomy. Most people are unprepared to hear what…
read moreWhen people ask us what type of school Abrome is, or how we differ from other schools, we remind them that we are not a school. Abrome is an alternative to school. Abrome is Emancipated Learning. Every public school in America is…
read moreWe previously pointed out that the first step to ending school bullying was to end age segregation.[1] The second step is to eliminate competition and grades. The most overt (and odious) function of schooling is a sorting function. Edward Thorndike, the father…
read moreThis week is national Banned Books Week, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. In recognition of Banned Books Week, we wanted to share the thinking behind the building of the Abrome library. Abrome holds the radical belief that young people…
read moreFive books we are currently reading: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2 Learners) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn Teach Your Own by John Holt Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Life of Pi by Yann Martel Last…
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