Jim Bailey on Rock Tree Sky and Experiential Education

<p dir="ltr">This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a part of our <a href="https://gettingsmart.com/newpathways/">New Pathways campaign</a>. In partnership with American Student Assistance® (ASA), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Stand Together and the Walton Foundation, the New Pathways campaign will question education’s status quo and propose new methods of giving students a chance to experience success in what’s next. </p> <p dir="ltr">On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, New Pathways Senior Fellow Trace Pickering is joined by Jim Bailey, Director and Co-founder of <a href= "https://www.rocktreesky.org/">Rock Tree Sky</a>, a self-directed learning center in Ojai, California. Rock Tree Sky provides learner-centered, experiential education space where learners and mentors are supported to follow their unique learning journey. Rock Tree Sky cultivates an inclusive learning community with a goal of developing the whole self through learning in relationship with others.</p> <p dir="ltr">Links:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.rocktreesky.org/">Rock Tree Sky</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://education-reimagined.org/">Education Reimagined</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-32884-000">Free to Learn - Peter Gray</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Holt">John Holt</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dewey">John Dewey</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://iowabig.org/">Iowa Big</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/karen-pittman-and-gary-briggs-on-the-elephant-in-the-class