Knox Academy is an innovative part-time education program and mircoschool founded in 2016. After years of success with 100s of children and their family’s embracing natural learning and finding not only joy in learning, but also successful children who are passionate, innovative, curious problem-solvers, who display grit, collaboration, and other essential skills.

Knox Academy now loves to continue to support homeschoolers through courses and curriculum, while also supporting other education innovators who are looking to build alternative programs and microschools in their community.

The base of our Knox Learning education philosophy focuses on the skills students will need to be 21st century creative problem solvers. We cannot predict the world our youth will enter, therefore the ability to think critically, collaborate, communicate and solve problems become the qualities most important for their success. We use projects to build these skills while also providing a real-world connection by connecting the students to the community and nature around them. Students are allowed to work through their own ideas for solving problems in our community and world.

Through project-based learning, mentors foster self-directed learning by providing a rich environment of learning through our global-focused context. The students take the driver’s seat of their learning by pursuing their interests and passions in that context, choosing projects that peak their curiosity. Mentors encourage and integrate discovery learning and exploration opportunities that naturally build not only academic skills, but also essential skills. These are acquired by using the tools of our culture and by collaborating in mixed age environments.

True creativity and natural learning requires a safe environment, a hallmark of Knox Academy.  We work hard to provide a collaborative environment where failure is embraced as part of the learning process, each child’s unique skills are celebrated and nurtured, and growth mindset is practiced daily. It is this  safe, stress-free environment that will feed a child’s curiosity and inspire their creativity and passion for learning.