Press and Praise

“Acton Academy is one of the most important education developments in the world.”

—Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, former executive director of education for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

“Acton Academy is on the vanguard of change in education in our country. After reading [Courage to Grow], your first two questions will probably be, ‘Why couldn’t my school be like this?’ and ‘How can I send my kids to Acton?’ This is an important story about learning what matters.”

—Seth Godin, best-selling author of Purple Cow

“…the Acton Academy promise is shockingly bold and full of agency.”

—Forbes, August 2019

“Inside the growing education movement.”

—Inc. Magazine, March 2017

“Acton Academy is on the leading edge of what it means to give students agency of their own learning.”

— Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy

“I am confident that any randomly-selected ten-year-old from Acton would have succeeded instantly where at least some MIT graduates failed.”

— Matt Greenfield, Rethink Education, March 28, 2022

“I’ve visited and studied hundreds of innovative models of schooling over the past decade, and Acton continues to be one of the most promising models…. Acton is a truly inspiring and exceptional school.”

—Bernard Bull, associate professor of education at Concordia University Wisconsin, author of Etale – Education, Innovation, Experimentation

Articles

Inc.: Inside the Schools that Want to Create the Next Mark Zuckerberg–Starting at Age 5

Forbes: Acton Academy: Socrates’ Antidote for Government School Hemlock

Huff Post: The Education Movement You’ve Never Heard Of

Forbes: Rising Demand for Learner-Driven Education Spurs Growth of Acton Academy

Wired: We Should Be Teaching Our Students Like Yoda Taught Luke

NPR: The Return of the One-Room Schoolhouse

Forbes: Acton Academy: Hero Launchpad Goes Global

Washington Post: Forget show and tell: These young entrepreneurs aim to show and sell

Ed Week: ‘Micro Schools’ Could Be New Competition for Private K-12

Ed Surge: When Edtech Meets Montessori, Kids Rule Edtech

Reason: “Micro-Schools” Might Be the Next Big Education Thing

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Now this is ‘old school’

Heartland: Innovative Micro-Schools help meet demand for education alternatives

Parent Map: The 101 on Learner-Driven Education: How Acton Academies enable kids to teach themselves in community