Kenneth Danford

Kenneth Danford is the co-founder of North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens and also the co-founder of Liberated Learners the network for spreading this approach around the country and the world. Since 1996, Kenneth has coached hundreds of teens feeling constrained by school to embark on a self-directed learning program with joy, confidence, and community. In 2019 he published Learning is Natural, School is Optional: the North Star approach to offering teens a head start on life. He has been a keynote speaker at the AERO Conference, and has engaged in a series of interesting podcasts. These videos, articles, and his blog are at www.kennethdanford.com. Kenneth has lived in western Massachusetts since 1995, after growing up in Shaker Heights, Ohio.