ACADEMY OF ONE is available for purchase

I'm proud to announce that ACADEMY OF ONE is available for purchase from publisher Rowman & Littlefield or wherever you like to buy your books. I hope that the book…

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David Preston

David Preston has inspired audiences at the MacArthur Foundation, TEDx, OSCON, the Royal Geographic Society, and elsewhere. In addition to speaking to audiences, David advises education and business leaders around the world on how to bring Open-Source Learning principles into their organizations and shares insights and experiences from his groundbreaking book Academy of One.

Speaking and Consulting

school ain't your business

Comparing school with business is bad business. There are huge differences between school and business: Learning is personal Learning is messy Learning is abstract   Learning Is Personal One of…

trigger warning (redacted)

I wrote a 1500+ word post for this week that was motivated by the news of the six-year-old who shot his teacher. It's a good piece and I think you'll…

I deserve an A

I was clearing out my Zoom cloud when I ran across this conversation from April 2021. We teach and learn a lot in school that has nothing to do with…

This year feels like really the only year in high school where I learned something that can actually help me in the real world. This was unlike any other class I have taken.

Tyler Stewart, Student