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Home
About
Leadership
Media and Print
What we do
Our Organizations
Spartek Academy: An Acton Academy
Baltimore Children’s Business Fair
Launch Business Camp
Howard County Children’s Business Fair
Greater Purpose Christian Homeschoolers
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Join CHEDA
Media and Print
Technical.ly
Hands-on learning is the focus at Spartek Academy in Columbia
Education entrepreneur Janear Garrus founded a school where students learn by doing: “We are pushing and cheering on innovation and trying to reach conclusions not based on what someone else has done, but based on your own experience.”
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WEAA Two Way Talk
Janear Garrus, founder of Spartek Academy, a micro-school in Howard County, joins Two Way Talk to discuss her institution’s philosophy of learning.
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Comcast Newsmakers
Elena Russo talks with Janear Garrus, Managing Director of Chesapeake Educational Alliance, about Spartek Academy and how they prepare their students for the hero’s journey.
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Real Talk with Dr. David Anderson
105.1 WAVA FM
The Wisdom of Non-Traditional Education
Spartek Academy founder,
Janear Garrus, spoke with Dr. David Anderson about the benefits of the non-traditional, child-led education provided at Spartek Academy: An Acton Academy and how Spartek builds on the Montessori educational model with “talk and tech.
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Baltimore Magazine
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Baltimore Watchdog
October 2017 |
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Baltimore’s Child
July 2016 |
Homeschooling Goes Mainstream