Life Is Not Linear—Why Education Shouldn’t Be Either

If you’ve ever watched a toddler take their first wobbly steps, you know the instinct: reach out, steady them, make sure they don’t fall. It’s natural. We want to protect

Something’s gone wrong with childhood—and we all feel it. Rates of anxiety, depression, and self-harm among young people have skyrocketed since 2012. Especially for teenage girls, the data isn’t subtle—it looks

Picture this: On one side of the field, seeds are dumped into identical furrows, spaced evenly, watered at set intervals, and harvested on schedule. Every plant is meant to grow the

In recent years, a troubling trend has emerged on college campuses: the rise of emotional reasoning as a guiding principle for discourse, policy, and even curriculum. Well-intentioned educators, administrators, and

Imagine walking into a restaurant. On one side of the street, there’s a neon-lit fast food chain. The menu is identical in every city, every country. The meals are quick, cheap,

Imagine standing in front of a room full of people, your heart pounding so loudly it drowns out your thoughts. You open your mouth to speak… but no words come

Sometimes the course of an entire life is altered by a single conversation. A single moment. A single teacher. Years ago, a woman approached Jeff Sandefer, co-founder of Acton Academy, during

Rethinking How We See and Support Creative, Kinetic Learners When Gillian Lynne was a young child, she had trouble sitting still in school.She fidgeted. She couldn’t focus.Her homework was always late,

“School gets you really good at school... but not necessarily at life.” That one line says it all. Most of us remember the rhythm of traditional education well—sit quietly, follow directions, memorize