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Since 2008, he has been writing weekly opinion columns for publications such as RealClearMarkets.com, Forbes.com, the Huffington Post and Bio-IT World and appeared regularly on TV and radio outlets, including CNBC, Fox Business and WBAL. Children need to know how to learn--then they can learn ANYTHING.Get access to detailed info and videos by submitting the form below.We have grown in ways that make family projects together a joy. And yes, they learn reading, writing, and arithmetic using state-of-the-art, game-based teaching tools that have helped them progress at three times the rate of their public school peers. In January 2014, Bill began hosting RealClear Radio Hour airing Saturdays on Boston’s WXKS 1200AM & WJMN 94.5FM-HD2.Lord Acton, after whom the academy is named, famously said that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But here’s where the Socratic Method supplemented by the latest computerized teaching tools comes in. We love Acton and who we are becoming as a family because of it.Breathe a sigh of relief to see your child loving school!Take our simple online quiz to get started.We will work with you to find the best plan for your child.“We love Acton Academy! In 2011, he was a finalist for the Hoiles Prize for excellence in American journalism and in October 2013, he became the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s 2013-2014 Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellow. Since then, he has worked as a product manager, salesman, marketer, entrepreneur, consultant, technology evangelist, and venture capitalist. After graduating from MIT with degrees in both science and engineering, Bill spent his early years at Bell Laboratories. Acton Academy Westlake- Austin- k-12 school-21st century alternative education With the right program as a model, anyone who home schools his kids can operate an Acton Academy. We will never go back to traditional school! It’s another to figure out how to scale it up. The Acton Academy is dedicated to inspiring each child to see life as a Hero's Journey, where someone with curiosity and character can find a 'calling', using his or her most precious gifts, in a way that brings great joy, to solve a deep burning need in the world. Run the numbers and you can even make a lucrative living while charging tuition well below than that of most conventional private schools.Sure, this kind of experimental education might be illegal in many liberal states captive to teachers unions, who will defend their taxpayer-supported, substandard product to their last breath. Acton Academy opened in 2009 with 12 students, teaching content through online game-based tools, Socratic discussion and face-to-face projects the school calls “quests.” Today, Acton offers kits to entrepreneurs and parents interested in opening their own schools following its model.

Each Acton school was founded by parents who believe there is a better way to educate their children and help other like-minded families in their community. Every act of learning is voluntary and self-directed.Bill Frezza is a 35-year veteran of the technology industry. For the state, there is no power more absolute than the ability to control our children’s education and mold their minds and characters, rendering them subservient to an ever growing bureaucracy. Acton Academy The Woodlands is a 21st Century One-Room-Schoolhouse with learner driven technology, Socratic discussions, hands on projects and real-world apprenticeships in a character forging community. Try doing that at your local public school.It’s one thing for a highly motivated, ideological, brilliant rich guy to start a school. And not just for his or her own children, but for a schoolhouse full of them. All the market is waiting for is someone like Jeff to come along with a replicable model.Jeff’s soft spoken, low-key demeanor belies his considerable accomplishments and burning desire to remake America’s moribund educational institutions. Acton Academy is one of the newest and most innovative (and downright coolest) school designs in the world. There’s no need to pump them full of Adderall to keep them chained to their desks, as they have the run of the place. Bill holds seven patents and has been investing in early-stage tech startups for the last 17 years as a partner in a venture capital firm. The Acton Academy is dedicated to inspiring each child to see life as a Hero's Journey, where someone with curiosity and character can find a 'calling', using his or her most precious gifts, in a way that brings great joy, to solve a deep burning need in the world.