As regular readers of this blog know, I’m an advocate for Self-Directed Education. My research and that of others convince me that Self-Directed Education works, is eminently practical, and is far ...

Self-directed learning is coming up in more conversations among educators—and for good reason. When students have greater ownership of their work, something meaningful occurs. Engagement increases.

Every nursing student learns the same lesson early: the internship is where classroom knowledge collides with real patients, ...

When Jace Rossignol was in fifth grade, he was breezing through seventh grade math and scored on an 11th grade reading level in the statewide MCAS exam. His elementary school could not accommodate him ...

I’ve found that when I speak or write about Self-Directed Education, some people mistakenly believe that I’m speaking or writing about progressive education. Progressive education has many of the same ...