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 TEDx, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Royal Geographic Society. 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

"I never learned to read!"

About 15 years ago one of my brightest, most articulate students told me that she hated to read. I was shocked. She went on to describe reading as a painful…

thank you

The Thanksgiving holiday has a troubled history that remains our troubled present. Abraham Lincoln's 1863 proclamation was a patriarchal, overtly religious, plagiarized lie intended to distract Americans from genocide, slavery,…

the right tool for the job

I originally wrote this 10+ years ago on a course blog for high school students - it applies now more than ever. -dp ______________________________ In the words of Thomas Carlyle,…

David has a strong social conscience about the future of public education.

Harry Handler, Former Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District