The school's model is to offer two hours of academic learning each day using "AI tutors", while the rest of the day is dedicated to developing life skills
The founding lady has several other interesting schools e.g. gt.school:
We believe that kids do not need 12 years to finish school — they can accomplish so much more when given the environment and resources to do so
At GT School we’ve revolutionized the classroom by replacing traditional teachers with dedicated guides who serve as mentors
Pretty awesome.
Video 1.
2 Hour Learning Deep Dive by Alpha School
. Source.
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Aprender em Comunidade by Prof. José Pacheco
. Source. In Portuguese. Title translation: "Learn in community".
Amazing self-directed learning direction:
The pupils have a parents' evening coming up but instead of their teachers giving an account of their progress, it is a "student-led conference" at which they must present a portfolio of their work, explain what they are most proud of and discuss where they need to put in more effort.
world.hey.com/gwyn/no-excuses-bc4152fb mentions that the founder was inspired by other schools: High Tech High and Expeditionary Learning.
Lots of focus on showcase student work.
The founder Gwyn ap Harri is quite dirty mouthed, which is also cool.
Ciro Santilli tried to contact them in 2021 at: twitter.com/cirosantilli/status/1448924419016036353 and on website contact form to see if we could do some project together, but no reply.
Dan, if you ever Google yourself here, please contact Ciro Santilli: Section "How to contact Ciro Santilli" to do something with OurBigBook.com. Cheers.

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