Ivy Greene Academy

According to the World Economic Forum, as stated in a recent Forbes article, the skills that will truly matter in the future are soft skills. Here’s are the specific skills listed: Complex problem-solving and critical thinking, adaptability and learning agility, communication and collaboration, strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, and growth mindset. If you’re an Acton parent - you’re in luck since we focus so heavily on these soft skills, growth mindset and the ability to learn and stay curious. Through our unique learner-led model that involves regular group work, Socratic discussions, active problem solving, and building internal motivation and a love of learning, we are 100% confident in our ability to foster these traits in our students. And that’s because we see these soft skills and character traits as a top level goal, and not a nice-to-have skill that is the parent’s responsibility to foster at home. We take the pressure off you so you know that these essential skills are being nurtured at school, so you only have to stay aligned at home instead of doing most of the heavy lifting! When the future is uncertain, you must focus on the character traits that are timeless, so your children will be set no matter what they will face in the years to come.

"Learner-led education is nothing like you’ve seen before at any traditional school. Students are actively involved in setting their daily goals, reflecting on their progress, problem-solving through their challenges and road bumps, and building a sense of responsibility. This isn’t easy. It’s not even easy for us adults! That’s why we do have guardrails and adult Guides to help them navigate the freedom, but it’s this freedom that helps build a love of learning, internal motivation, and a sense of responsibility.

Since every child is moving at their own pace, they are not forced to move onto the next topic, even if they don’t understand the current one. In a one-size-fits-all education system, the teacher must move on, even if some students didn’t really understand the concept. At our school, every student masters a concept before moving on. There is built-in testing in our self-paced curriculum to ensure mastery before a new concept of introduced.

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"Traditional schools were designed to create factory workers that were good at following directions, but is that what really creates a strong critical thinker who is prepared for college and beyond? Instead of teaching children to obey and listen silently while sitting still for hours a day, what if there was another way?

Here’s how we do things at Acton:

- We prioritize hands-on learning through group and individual projects: Children learn better through doing. Research shows that hands-on, experiential learning improves long-term retention (Kolb, 1984).

- We allow some freedom and flexibility because curiosity drives mastery. Studies prove that when students have autonomy, they engage more deeply and learn more effectively (Deci & Ryan, 2000).

- We prioritize learning real-world skills, like public speaking, self-advocacy and creative thinking. The World Economic Forum highlights problem-solving, creativity, and collaboration as the most important future skills, yet most schools ignore them.

At Acton Academy, we don’t teach children to memorize facts. We equip them to think, create, and lead."