Testimonials
These are stories from actual North Star members and their parents.
Share Matt knew life is too short to waste time. At North Star, he found his time was his own.
Stream of consciousness: waking up knowing that today would be another day of just going to high school; knowing that I'm going to be confined to these mandatory classes that have very little meaning to me;
Katie's depression made school untenable. She found life without school much healthier.
I started North Star about this time last year, when I was 15 and in 10th grade. My guidance counselor had politely suggested that I take an extended break from my schooling...
Tobias Baskin Receives the Self-Directed Learning Award
Tobias Baskin, a professor at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, left high school to pursue his passions. He ended up at Yale University and on to a life in academia. In 2010 North Star awarded him with our annual Celebration of Self-Directed Learning Award. This is his acceptance speech where he tells his amusing and inspirational journey away from traditional schooling and back again. You can't see it, but he got a standing ovation.
