We are joined by educator Brian Huskie, founder of Huskie’s Heroes – a program designed for promoting and administering self-directed learning of children. We talk about the idea of “consent” in education and how those in traditional schools can take charge of their learning.

Brian is a National Board Certified High School English teacher who has taught for ten years, holding a degree in School Administration. Brian is a veteran, who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He founded the Albany High/Capital District Refugee Scholarship Endowment and founded/operates Huskie's Heroes - a self-directed learning movement. Furthermore, he is the author of A White Rose: A Soldier's Story of Love, War, and School.

In this episode, we discuss the implementation of “No Tech 20” – a no electronics reading time designed to encourage reading. How do we get students to become lifelong readers? Why do people hate reading?

We are joined by educator Joel Hammon, co-founder of Liberated Learners and the Princeton Learning Cooperative, to talk about the vision, goals, and outlook of self-directed learning centers and the best possible outcomes for students.

Joel was a social studies teacher for 11 years before he became a co-founder and member of the Princeton Learning Cooperative -  a self-directed learning center in Princeton, New Jersey. Joel has an accomplished background including also being a co-founder of Liberated Learners, helping set up self-directed learning centers everywhere.

Joel is the author of The Teacher Liberation Handbook - a guide for teachers who work with students but despise the traditional model, looking into how to start one's own self-directed learning center.

In this episode, we introduce the point of our podcast, as well as our greater vision for education – talking about our journey towards establishing this movement and where we will go from here.

We hope you join us in a movement towards enlightening students, teachers, parents, and the greater community through progressive education.