Recommended books to learn more about the Acton Methodology
Courage to Grow- Laura Sanderfer
UnSchooling Rules – Clark Aldrich
Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World - Tony Wagner
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting us ….. - Jonathan Haidt
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything- Kerry Paterson, David Maxwell, …
A More Beautiful Question, by Warren Berger
One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined – Salman Kahn
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations - Brett Harris
The Talent Code – Daniel Coyle
Fires in the Mind: What Kids Can Tell Us About Motivation and Mastery – Kathleen Cushman
The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family – Patrick Lencioni
The Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown
Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius – Angeline Stoll Lillard
Dumbing Us Down – John Taylor Gatto and Thomas Moore
Opening Minds: Peter Johnston
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, by Sir Ken Robinson
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck
The Self-Driven Child, by William Stixrud, PhD & Ned Johnson
Truth, Beauty and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the Age of Thruthiness and Twitter, by Howard Garden
Work Rules, by Laszlo Bock
ARTICLES:
How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses, by Joshua Davis
Creating Innovators, by Erica Swallow
It’s Time to Rethink How We Are Educating Our Children, by Benjamin Stecher
Lessons Learned From Great Schools Around the World, by Will Minton
The Founder of Khan Academy on How to Blend the Virtual with the Physical, by Salman Khan
Student Centered Learning: Math in the Blended Learning Environment, by Kaylie Reed
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids, by Carol S. Dweck
Let Children Take Risks, by Lenore Skenazy
The Key to Raising a Happy Child, on nprEd