Jul 24, 2026 · CP24 Breakfast
AI Is Getting Smarter. Are Our Kids?
Jeff Barrett, founder of WILDE School, was a guest on CP24 Breakfast on Friday July 24, 2026. That is Toronto’s weekday morning news show. Watch the interview below.
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The Lost Curriculum of Childhood
Jeff Barrett writes that schools now teach skills kids once learned in free play. He tells how a WILDE student (name changed) led a turtle habitat after a conference on wildlife corridors. The essay is about letting kids chase work that matters to them.
Are We Raising Kids For The Real World—Or Just The Classroom?
VITA Daily talks with Jeff Barrett, founder of The Wilde School. He says kids get fewer chances to solve real problems on their own. School still matters. A lot of growing up still happens outside homework.
Schools for Living Systems: The Impact of Permacognitive Education
Jeff Barrett asks what school would look like if it followed how young brains grow. He introduces Permacognitive Education, or Perm. Ed., at WILDE School. Students learn through real work, then teachers adapt from what they see.
Founder of WILDE school inspired after teaching his kids in a cave
Jessica Owen’s People of Collingwood piece talks with Jeff Barrett, founder of WILDE School. During COVID, he took his kids outside, found a cave, and taught them under a tarp. More kids came. That is how the school began.