

That’s how my college story unfolded, though now I recommend considering other paths outside of college.Īlong with my responsibilities with ASDE, (1) I run the PDX Flying Squads with my colleague, which is an adventure group for young people to explore and interact with their city (2) support the Flying Squads Network I co-founded (3) write, speak, and share about Self-Directed Education, unschooling, and parenting (4) co-host the podcast, Rethinking Self-Directed Education (5) co-run a deschooling virtual parent meetup group with two other amazing unschooling mamas and most important, along with his father, raise my stepson in the philosophy of Self-Directed Education and partnership parenting. in early childhood education at Portland State University. Following, I designed my own baccalaureate-”Envisioning the Creative Classroom”-at Western Washington University where I learned more about alternative forms of teaching and learning, and happened to earn a M.S. Brian is also on the Faculty of Science Dean’s Advisory Board at McMaster University. Brian serves on the Board of Directors of Triumvira Immunologics, Appili Therapeutics, Satellos Bioscience, and Qing Bile Therapeutics. and serves as the firm’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. I was raised in the philosphy of self-directed education and did not attend conventional schooling until I entered a running start program (early college classes) at age 16. Brian Bloom is a co-founder of Bloom Burton & Co. I’m Bria Bloom, Executive Director of the Alliance for Self Directed Education (ASDE) and a private consultant who provides parent coaching and support for those families who wish to apply the ideas of partnership parenting in their family.
