“You’re indoctrinating us,” a Learner started in on me. I was taken aback; shocked to hear those words come out of his mouth. My mind began to race. Time slowed down. Advocates of Self-Directed Education are long on negative critiques of conventional…
read moreWhen Abrome decided to launch an Austin chapter of Flying Squads, we hoped to be joining a fun, liberatory, and supportive community of Flying Squads from across the country (and someday the world!). What we didn’t expect was how seriously they took…
read moreAt Abrome, we trust children. At Abrome we believe that young people should be able to be in the world, and be able to navigate the world without interference from meddling adults. We believe that young people benefit from being able to…
read moreMany organizations use the word community as a buzzword, and particularly so in education. We believe this is in large part because educational institutions so often utilize practices and structures that are isolating at best and dehumanizing at worst, and buzzwords can often distract people…
read more“Passions aren’t ‘found,’ they’re developed.” That’s what Carol Dweck and Greg Walton of Stanford argue in a recent Atlantic article by Olga Khazan. We’ve been slow to repost this article because we wanted to make sure we responded to it appropriately. And…
read moreStop asking children these seven questions (and ask these instead) is an interesting blog post that gives parents a list of questions they can ask their children as opposed to the statements and questions that most children typically receive. And while they are…
read moreProfessor Peter Gray argues that society can free children from coercive schooling through learning centers that will maximize their ability to educate themselves without depriving them of the rightful joys of childhood. We agree. Abrome is a self-directed learning community that opened…
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