Central to our vision of what makes Self-Directed Education work for young people (and one of the reasons conventional schooling does not) is age mixing. We do not segregate Learners by age, and can have Learners as young as four-years-old and as…
read moreIt is easy for parents to get caught up in the belief that it is their responsibility to identify a pathway for their child to proceed down en route to a successful life, and then direct them down that pathway. Likewise for…
read more</iframe>”>https://youtu.be/MNSONSB4flg
read moreAntonio 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…
read moreBullying is not the only problem with schooling, but it is one that literally brings violence into children’s lives, and in worst case scenarios it ends lives. In this essay series we laid out five actionable steps that schools need to take…
read moreNothing carries the day in education quite like culture. A great culture allows all members of a community to feel valued and loved, it promotes and contributes to learning, and serves as a bulwark against bullying. But in order to experience all…
read moreWhile this essay series focuses on the problem of bullying, I would like to take a step back for a moment and address self-motivation, which is critical to academic and life success. Self-motivation is what makes or breaks many people once they…
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 moreI recently stumbled upon a Quora question posted by a parent who wanted to know if she should speak to her daughter’s teacher, who is a bully, about the teacher’s treatment of her daughter. The Quora question asked: “My daughter’s 1st grade…
read moreAt Abrome, we are currently trying to build an educational alternative that will eradicate the traditional model of schooling. Our blog posts generally revolve around what we do at Abrome and how various educational theories, psychological research, and economic and sociological realities…
read moreA 2013 CDC Study found that 19.6% of youths had been bullied on school property in the previous 12 months, and 14.8% had been electronically bullied.[1] In a 2011 National Crime Victimization Survey, close to 1.2 million students reported that someone was…
read more