The simple choices of being kind and working each day end up feeding each other so the alternative doesn’t make sense anymore as a good way to live life.

We don’t allow experts inside the classroom and we’d prefer to keep teachers away too. There is not much correlation between traditional classroom teaching and learning. In fact, in many schools there may be an inverse correlation.

Wonders don’t spend hours (or even minutes) memorizing timelines or facts. Instead, they discuss whether or not they would have signed the Declaration of Independence and why. And, whether it was a mistake to give up negotiations with the king of England. And, finally, whether that moment was one of the most influential ones in history.

Our learning community, well-known for loving and protecting freedom, is grounded in structural cornerstones that protect the consistency so critical to a child’s peace of mind and learning. This structure also ensures a learning experience based not on adults’ directives and whims but on young people making choices within predictable boundaries.

We all have days where things don’t go right. My fear of my daughter failing to manage her own time was hugely out of sync with the real risks and consequences. Now when she fails, she’ll gain the growth that comes from self-mastery – something she can’t do if I’m in the way.