The Academy of Play

Begin Again

I. The summer solstice sun rises scorching hot.

Jul 29, 2025 • The Academy of Play

November 2024

High autonomy and/or high agency?

A series on deschooling workshops

Nov 20, 2024 • The Academy of Play

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What might a fully deschooled life look like to you?

A series on deschooling workshops

Nov 19, 2024 • The Academy of Play

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Sketching the contours of an emergent learning community

A series on deschooling workshops

Nov 18, 2024 • The Academy of Play

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May 2023

Germination without rumination

AI software is shifting the sands that state education is built upon

May 2, 2023 • The Academy of Play

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April 2023

Negotiating the non-negotiables

A Fortnight in The Life Of #9

Apr 28, 2023 • The Academy of Play

Action Research for Unschooled Masters Update

A boring Ronseal of a title

Apr 7, 2023 • The Academy of Play

Tyrannical toilets and democratic baths

Why power-over as a default can only lead to oppression

Apr 4, 2023 • The Academy of Play

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February 2023

Jack Grealish and the Dinosaurs

The essay below is my submission to the STSC Symposium, a monthly set-theme collaboration between STSC writers. The topic this month is Dinosaurs.

Feb 28, 2023 • The Academy of Play

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A plan for planfulness

An Unschooled Masters proposal for some research

Feb 25, 2023 • The Academy of Play

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Learntropy and the learn drive

A Fortnight in The Life Of #8

Feb 10, 2023 • The Academy of Play

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January 2023

It Begins With Us

A Fortnight in The Life Of #7

Jan 24, 2023 • The Academy of Play

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