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Day 11 of AY20-21: working on honoring boundaries

On September 23, 2020August 26, 2024

On Tuesday the weather looked to take a turn for the better, although it was still forecasted to rain through the morning. I anticipated more Learners showing up on day eleven than on day ten, but our numbers decreased. Two Learners chose…

Day 10 of AY20-21: a commitment to outdoor learning

By abadminuser

On September 22, 2020June 26, 2024

Another one of the beautiful things about Self-Directed Education is the novelty that comes with living our lives in the world, and having the opportunity to enjoy and explore the opportunities that come our way, or that we create. At Abrome we…

The planning that went into our first day of the new “school year”

By abadminuser

On September 8, 2020June 26, 2024

When we shut down for the rest of the 2019-2020 academic year last April 1st, choosing to continue with remote meet-ups only, we knew that we had to begin preparations for coming back together in very different ways in the 2020-2021 academic…

#Abrome#Alternatives To School#Facilitation#Free Schools#Free to Learn#Free to Play#leave the schoolhouse behind#Outdoor learning#pandemic schooling#Schools out#unschooling

The tyranny of pandemic schooling

By abadminuser

On August 10, 2020June 26, 2024

Bringing students, teachers, and staff together inside classrooms and schoolhouses during a pandemic is tyranny. School was already tyranny for children for all the non-pandemic reasons: forced attendance, age segregation, lack of autonomy, sit down and shut up, forced curriculum, testing, homework,…

#Abrome#Covid-19#Emancipated Learning#leave the schoolhouse behind#pandemic schooling#Self-Directed Education#tyranny of schooling#unschooling

A dark vision of what happens when they reopen schools

By abadminuser

On July 22, 2020June 26, 2024

I stumbled upon an excellent twitter thread written by Melissa Hillman and it is so damn spot on that I am sharing it here in place of my daily blog post. About 30% of teachers (public and private) were over the age…

#Change the Context#Covid-19#leave the schoolhouse behind#Outdoor learning#teachers

Preparing to be outdoors this school year

By abadminuser

On July 17, 2020June 26, 2024

One of the most confusing things about the debate over how to reopen schools is that so few people are advocating that students spend their schooldays outdoors, and that so few schools (if any) are choosing to leave the schoolhouse behind. We…

#Austin#Covid-19#Facilitation#leave the schoolhouse behind#Outdoor learning#Summer break

Teachers are starting homeschool pods for parents

By abadminuser

On July 16, 2020June 26, 2024

With government and business interests pushing for a reopening of schools with insufficient safety precautions in the middle of an uncontrolled pandemic, many teachers are left wondering if teaching is worth risking their lives over. One poll suggests that 20% of teachers…

#conventional schooling#Covid-19#Homeschooling#leave the schoolhouse behind#public school#teachers

Abrome releases contingency plans to reopen amid Covid-19

By abadminuser

On June 10, 2020June 26, 2024

This week we rolled out a contingency planning document to help Learners and their families envision what Emancipated Learning will look like as we navigate through the challenges of Covid-19. The planning document details practices and protocols that Abrome is implementing that…

#Abrome#Covid-19#Emancipated Learning#leave the schoolhouse behind

Day 11 of AY20-21: working on honoring boundaries

Day 10 of AY20-21: a commitment to outdoor learning

The planning that went into our first day of the new “school year”

The tyranny of pandemic schooling

A dark vision of what happens when they reopen schools

Preparing to be outdoors this school year

Teachers are starting homeschool pods for parents

Abrome releases contingency plans to reopen amid Covid-19

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