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The Acton Academy is dedicated to inspiring each child to see life as a Hero's Journey, where someone with curiosity and character can find a 'calling', using his or her most precious gifts, in a way that brings great joy, to solve a deep burning need in the world.
Overview
Employees
51-200
Founded date
2009
Mentions in press and media 8
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| Apr 20, 2023 | An Early Look At Microschooling In America | Let's learn something new todaygetty |
| Nov 14, 2022 | How Microschool Networks Are Activating Education Entrepreneurs | Education entrepreneurs often benefit from a network affiliation.getty |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Our Homeschool Microschool Goes Operational | Children at a Montessori School embrace the outdoors.getty |
| Nov 2, 2020 | We Build Boring Schools, Then We Put Them Online--Science Has The Fix | Bulldog Tech, Evergreen School District Tom Vander Ark |
| Sep 30, 2016 | How Transcend Education Partners with School Leaders to Build New Models | This profile is part of an EdSurge Research Guide about school redesign and the landscape of service provider organizations that support schools and districts throughout the process. The full guide includes a report highlighting trends, ins... |
| May 3, 2014 | K12 Innovators, Take The Red Pill | Embrace dissonance. High school students get thirty hours each week with teachers. Colleges students get twelve hours of teacher-led instruction. This is a huge chasm for two institutions separated by a three-month summer vacation. I believ... |
| Nov 20, 2013 | When Edtech Meets Montessori, Kids Rule Edtech | Take a peek at Acton Academy and you may wonder if you’ve stepped into a mythical world where students are heroes, learning is a quest, and teachers are guides for the journey. In this one-room-schoolhouse approach, 36 K-5 students share on... |
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FAQ about Acton Academy
When was Acton Academy founded?
Acton Academy was founded in 2009.
What has the press written about Acton Academy?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning Acton Academy, among them “An Early Look At Microschooling In America” (Apr 20, 2023) and “How Microschool Networks Are Activating Education Entrepreneurs” (Nov 14, 2022).
Is Acton Academy still active?
Yes, Acton Academy is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 16, 2024.