Episode 258 - Rob Huge, Questioning the Purpose for School

This podcast is with founder, Rob Huge, of Greenfields Academy in Chicago, which is an Acton Academy school that focuses on creating students who are world-changers. The "Griffins" at Greenfields have the freedom and flexible to create their own educational path towards being more intentional in learning and life.

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Podcast timestamps:

Rob Huge’s personal story

Travel and how that impacts our learning

12:57 - What is the purpose of school?

13:21 - School has become childcare

13:58 - Our job as parents, isn’t to make good students but to help them become good people

14:28 - Once you come out of school, the 2 most important skills

14:51 - Young people living lives of quiet desperation

15:19 - If you want to fix school really quickly

15:30 - Difference between pedagogy and andagogy 

16:30 - Covid19 exposes schools as child care 

17:37 - Philosophy of Greenville Academy

20:25 - How “Griffins” spend their time

21:41 - Dr Robert Shanks works

24:15 - Higher education

25:48 - Compulsion in education

27:33 - Comparing school and a job

28:00 - Bullying in school

29:12 - Social Emotional Learning

30:26 - One right answer

30:45 - Diversity in private school

32:35 - Cost of Greenville’s academy vs. Traditional government schools

33:03 - Rob Huge’s paradigm change - multi-age learning

36:03 - Adult relationships with younger children, parenting with this style of education

44:30 - The meaning of the term “Griffen”

47:00 - Teaching without knowing all the answers

50:55 - Leading people to their life’s mission, back off of scheduling

58:00 - Preparing children for the future

1:01 - Habits for better learning

1:02:28 - Long -term for goals