Courage to Grow: How Acton Academy Turns Learning Upside Down

Courage to Grow: How Acton Academy Turns Learning Upside Down

Acton The one-room schoolhouse for the twenty-first centurySeeking a 21st century education for their children, Laura and Jeff Sandefer jumped off the track of conventional school and created a new mo…

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