Get Inspired

Have the ideas at Acton Academy Lakewood piqued your interest? If so, we recommend reading Courage to Grow: How Acton Academy Turns Learning Upside Down, by Laura Sandefer, Acton's Co-Founder.

It's the page-turning story of the beginning of the first Acton Academy in Austin, TX. We are so proud to be the very first Acton Academy in Dallas! Unlike Acton Academy Austin, we also have a special space for preschool-Kindergarten learners, which serves as a preparatory environment for the elementary program described in the book

Videos

The Hero's Journey at Acton Academy

Most Likely to Succeed Trailer

Jet Cockpits and The End of Average

TED: Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson

Disruptive Education: The Acton Academy Story

TED: Let's teach for mastery - not test scores | Sal Khan

TED: Build a School in the Cloud | Sugata Mitra

Grit: the power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth

TEDxOKC: The Learner-Driven Revolution | Jeff Sandefer

Books

Courage to Grow, by Laura Sandefer, co-founder of Acton Academy Austin

The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups by Leonard Sax

Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education, by Clark Aldrich

The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined, by Sal Khan

Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education, by Sir Ken Robinson

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck

NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google that Will Transform How You Live and Lead, by Laszlo Bock, Former Head of People Operations at Google

The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How., by Daniel Coyle