Joel Hammon is co-founder of The Learning Cooperatives, a group of self-directed learning centers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He is also a co-founder of Liberated Learners, an organization dedicated to helping educators create and sustain self-directed learning centers around the world. Joel was a social studies teacher for eleven years in traditional public and private schools. He lives with his family in Langhorne, Pennsylvania and can be reached at me@joelhammon.com. To learn more visit joelhammon.com