Agile Learning Centers are seen by many to be the future of education. Can you imagine your child waking up excited to go to school? "Agile Learning Centers (ALC) are an expanding network of intentional learning communities leveraging agile tools to support Self-Directed Education and restore the joy of learning with a surprisingly effective educational approach: intentional culture supporting self-directed learning." ALC education is based on three principles: "Self-Directed: Humans are natural learners. When children get to follow their passions, they engage deeply, learning more quickly and thoroughly – covering years of content in weeks at the time they choose to learn it. Intentional Culture: At ALCs children feel they are heard, they belong, and they make a difference. As social creatures, we thrive in this kind of vibrant community which builds our confidence, heightens our communication skills, and calls forth our best selves. Agile Management Tools: We use practical and concrete tools to make these lofty-sounding ideals real and reliable. These tools and practices provide visible feedback, effective self-management, clarity of purpose, and easy integration of new patterns as needs change. Children today will need to succeed in a very different world than the one we’ve known – one completely outside the reach of traditional schooling. The future is in the hands of the creative community builders, freelancers, and entrepreneurs. The skills to identify an opportunity, organize a team, plan the work, execute to fulfillment, and build your reputation from these successes do not come from obeying “Sit down, be quiet, and do what I say.” Children need a setting to develop their fluency in digital media, their social, cultural and emotional intelligence, motivation, self-knowledge, and their sense of purpose. They need facilitation sharing their learning and the inspiration of a collaborative community. Some things are central to what ALCs are about, whi...