Reimagine Education for the 21st Century

Acton Cincinnati North is an innovative elementary school in Cincinnati, Ohio.

What makes
Acton Cincinnati North different?

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Young people doing challenging work at their own pace.
Kids learning at Acton
Acton Campus in Austin
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Collaborating on real-world projects.
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Earning points for effort, and badges for mastery.
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Sharing learning in a tightly bound community.
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Using the latest technology to master reading, writing, and math.
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On a Hero’s Journey, with challenges, adventures, fellow travelers, and guides.

Reimagining Education in Mason, Ohio with Acton Academy

Welcome to Acton Academy North Cincinnati, a school for the 21st century. We're bringing Learner Driven education to Mason, Ohio to prepare children for the complexities of the modern world.

Imagine a unique school with a game-based learning design that develops agency, empathy, mastery, and character at the child's place, instead of high stakes-testing and rote memorization. Acton Academy's proprietary Learner Driven education system delivers individualized, self-paced core-skills, and project-based learning that matters in the real world.

We value competence over prestige. Acton Academy has been developed and refined by over 350 schools in 37 countries around the world, and we are the 5th Acton to launch in Ohio.

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Discovery Studio
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Learner-driven communities run by heroes-in-the-making

Self-management and self-governance are celebrated daily by learners who use 21st Century skills to tackle real-world projects, inspired by classic heroes in a tightly bound community with extremely high standards, and inspired by alternative methods like Montessori, Waldorf, and Reggio Emilia.

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"A remarkable book that captures the powerful journeys of Acton Academy’s founders, students, parent community, and — I hope — the future of education around the globe. Any school, whether traditional or innovative, will gain insights from this magical place.”
Ted Dintersmith
Education Author, Film Producer, and Philanthropist

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Our Mission

We believe each person who enters our doors deserves to find a calling and change the world.

"I would never have believed children could learn so much from each other...
until I saw it with my own eyes. The lessons of self-management and self-governance have prepared our fifth-grade daughter to be a lifelong learner.”
Parent, Elementary Studio