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