There was a story about a janitor mopping up the floor when the president was visiting NASA and asked him what his job was and the...

I can't count the many times I've seen evidence of inherent creativity in our studios. Creations left by Learners in obvious or obscure...

I can’t count how many times I’ve gone to dinner where I see every person in a table busy tapping away on their own devices, together...

"According to Psychologists, there are four types of Intelligence: 1) Intelligence Quotient (IQ) 2) Emotional Quotient (EQ) 3) Social...

We’ve been asked this many times by well-meaning parents who are interested in their children joining our community who don't quite...

The drive home and the chat around the dinner table are precious moments in life. What can seem like routine daily life can be...

The beginning of a new journey at ROA is usually a high. The newfound freedom of being in a learning environment that buzzes with joy and...

Why do we keep talking about Heroes? Our very first overarching question around which many discussions have been made is the title to...

Have you ever been in that awkward situation of asking a child a question and the parent answers for him/her as if they weren’t present?...

It’s the beginning of the year and our Learners are learning the processes and systems that will help them soar for the long haul.  For...

We can boil the ROA systems to just three choices that ensure a happy and fruitful learning journey: Be kind. Do work every day. Take...

Parents often worry that if all these beautiful materials and activities are made available all the time, the children will do nothing...

We are at our most inventive and creative when we're allowed to construct, manipulate, and play with our environments, yet modern society...

If I had been asked that question 10 years ago and prior, I would have said “YES, by all means!”How can anyone have a good future without...

If you’re already an ROA parent, then you know that our “curriculum” is notably different than what most of us experienced when we were...

We had a total lunar eclipse last night which will not happen again for another 18 years. Astronomical occurrences like this are few and...

1) A Contract. We are a community grounded in promises to each other. During the application process, you have opportunities to review...

Witnessing the slow but complex process of germination of each seed, from planting to its first seedling emergence has made such an...

The hero’s journey begins with hearing a call to action… and then possibly refusing it. We often see new learners, in the beginning of...

We celebrated 🎉 our Learners and all the young humans at all the other Acton schools worldwide, hosting guests at their exhibitions this...