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For students across Ontario, the school year has come to a close. While some of us might be thinking about vacation and beach season, Acton Academy Mississauga founder Sabrina Anzini is hitting the accelerator.
Acton, a kindergarten-to-Grade 8 school, was founded just two years ago and uses self-directed education for 18 learners. It has expansion plans, including high school programming, in the years ahead.
Acton is part of a global network of learner-driven schools founded, Anzini says, “to recognize that every child is on a hero’s journey to find their calling to change the world.” Her independent school operates on a learner-driven model of education, without graded assessments. Instead, it focuses on mastery of the curriculum through Socratic discussions, real-world projects and individualized goals. Learning is facilitated by educators (“guides”) who help students research questions, solve problems and build resilience and ownership of their own learning….