Journal: Notes from the Beyond 8 tribe

We write for families and educators who are thinking carefully about what school can be after Grade 8. Here you’ll find clear viewpoints, lived stories, and practical lenses on learning, adolescence, and choice, written by our founders, mentors, and occasionally, our learners.

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Dear parents, please do not fear gap years!

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Sudhakar Jeeva

Sudhakar Jeeva

11 November 2020

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Why every learner deserves a gap year after high school

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Mihika Shankar

Mihika Shankar

2 November 2020

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Paving the way for democratic classrooms in the new normal

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Mihika Shankar

Mihika Shankar

30 October 2020

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Clearing the hurdles to online learning

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Raaji Naveen

Raaji Naveen

27 October 2020

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Letting passion lead the way in learning

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Raaji Naveen

Raaji Naveen

21 October 2020

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Who should teach?

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Ashwin Mahesh

Ashwin Mahesh

18 October 2020

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School examinations: a wasted exercise in the 21st century?

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Naveen Mahesh

Naveen Mahesh

13 October 2020

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Understanding teaching and curricula

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Sudhakar Jeeva

Sudhakar Jeeva

8 October 2020

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Learning has to be about the learner

Liberal Education has been described as a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge, transferable skills, strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement - characterised by challenging encounters with important issues. It is more a way of studying than a specific course or field of study

Raaji Naveen

Raaji Naveen

6 October 2020

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