Category Archives: Transforming Education

A LEAPYEAR graduate reflects on his choice to take his education into his own (capable) hands. Somedays I sit, and I wonder: where could I have ended up? It’s a interesting question, you see. I really could have “ended up” … Continue reading →

A LEAPYEAR graduate reflects on the difficulties inherent in uprooting a cultural script and writing her own. She attended the 2006 India program, and for her internship worked with street children in Guatemala and let treks through the Guatemalan highlands: … Continue reading →

This was part of a semester-end presentation by LEAPYEAR student Karen Lampe after traveling in Bali, Thailand and Cambodia in early 2006: Learn the language.  It is invaluable when trying to absorb the wisdom of adorable old people. Smile.  A … Continue reading →

A number of quotes that define and spell out the need for transforming education: Education is meant to take us into a future we can’t grasp or foresee. Author unknown The Secret of Happiness: Find something more important that yourself, … Continue reading →

The author of this piece, John Tayler Gatto, is a member of LEAPNOW’s advisory board. He is probably America’s best known teacher and he gave this speech on the occasion of being named “New York State Teacher of the Year” … Continue reading →

This LEAPNOW blog is devoted to education and consciousness – focused particularly on one life’s most juicy transitions – the passage from adolescence into adulthood. The editor and primary author is Sam Bull, Founder and Executive Director of LEAPNOW, an … Continue reading →