Mark Brown felt like the only true way to help children learn was to break free of public education and start his own school. Five years ago he founded Headwaters Academy, a private school in Ontario, Canada. Headwaters students consistently perform two academic grade levels above their peers. Listen in to hear the innovative way Headwaters guides kids to drive their own learning.
Website: http://headwatersacademy.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeadwatersAcademy
Instagram: AcademyHeadwaters
Schools that inspired the "model" of Headwaters Academy:
- Green School Bali
- Coast Mountain Academy
Books:
- Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto
- How Children Fail by John Holt
People:
- Alan November
- Who Owns the Learning? (Speech) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAIxIBeT90
