
rebelEducator
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Corrupting the youth. Enthusiasts exploring the future of learning. Follow for ideas on how to improve your child’s education.
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When kids leave traditional school, they have to go through a deschooling process. Deschooling = unlearning all the bad habits you picked up in school. Some of the biggest habits kids need to unlearn:.
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10. Matt Beaudreau. @MattBeaudreau is a long-time educator, founder of one of the largest Acton Academies in the world, and co-founder of Apogee, a network of schools quickly proliferating across the country. Matt places huge emphasis on the role of family in educating kids.
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9. Matt Bateman. @gtdad is the co-founder of @guidepostschool and now works at @gtschool. He writes about Montessori, education philosophy, and AI (plus shares endlessly wonderful anecdotes about his own two small kids, who are perhaps the real stars of his account).
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8. Kerry McDonald. @Kerry_edu is an author who writes extensively about homeschooling, unschooling, and the microschool movement. She also hosts a show called the LiberatED Podcast, where she interviews innovators, entrepreneurs, and school operators.
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6. Claire Honeycutt. @HippyMomPhD is a former university professor who quit her job to homeschool her kids. She now writes here and on Substack about teaching kids in a way that preserves and encourages their love of learning.
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5. Samantha Joy. @_samantha_joy is a former public school teacher turned Montessori expert. She's an astute critic of conventional education and a fierce advocate for kids. Her threads are packed with practical advice - if you're not following her, you're missing out.
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4. Robert Pondiscio. @rpondiscio is a former classroom teacher (which was his second career) and a senior fellow at @AEI. He's the author of "How the Other Half Learns," a book written after spending a year observing inside NYC's most successful charter school network.
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3. Hannah Frankman. @hannahfrankman is the founder of rebelEducator. She's a homeschool graduate and college opt-out and advocates for families creating their own paths. She's the host of The Hannah Frankman Podcast, where she hosts conversations about alternative education.
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2. Pamela Hobart. @gtmom is a parent of four kids who have been at a variety of different schools (including Acton, @AlphaSchoolATX, and @gtschool). She's trained in education and writes extensively about the problems in our K-12 system and the challenges of raising gifted kids.
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1. Chrisman Frank. @chrismanfrank is the co-founder and CEO of @synthesischool, an online and game-based program spun off of @elonmusk's school for his kids and the children of SpaceX employees. Chrisman writes about AI, the future of education, and the raising of his own kids.
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RT @HannahFrankman: When you're taught to read by guessing words you don't know, you end up with wildly inaccurate "interpretations" of wha….
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