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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Oct 9, 2008
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A new social bookmarking website called Mister Wong has interviewed me and is currently featuring my youth and student involvement-related bookmarks on their frontpage . Check it out. Following is the bio they included on the site: At the age of 14 Adam Fletcher led an environmental justice...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Oct 5, 2008
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By ATİLLA YAYLA:
The crisis in the financial markets and financial institutions that has affected the US and the UK and has the potential to slowly spread from these countries to other countries throughout the world has given the circles that hate the monster known as capitalism the chance...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Sep 23, 2008
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One of the things that amazes me is the spreading awareness of my work. Despite my lackadaisical efforts at promoting myself, friends from across the U.S. and around the world continuously let me know they saw my writing, they heard my ideas or they ran into someone running a curriculum or...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Aug 14, 2008
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This is a quick note to say thanks to all the great folks who I met with at the International Democratic Education Conference going on this week in Vancouver, British Columbia. This was by far the most influential, well-timed and restoring conference I have ever participated in, and its...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Aug 14, 2008
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What does staying home alone have to do with young people changing the world? In today's New York Times there is an article that proposes that anywhere between 11 and 14 is okay. The author acknowledges that 7, 8 and 9 year-olds stay home alone in working class homes, but doesn't hesitate to...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Jul 14, 2008
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The latest edition of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory's Northwest Education magazine features an interview with me about meaningful student involvement. Its called " Students as Partners in Learning: Adam Fletcher Talks about Meaningful Student Involvement ," and its part of an...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Jun 29, 2008
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"Our schools look like shopping malls." "My school looks like a prison." "People at shopping malls follow me around like I'm stealing things." "The army wants me to join them and then go to college." "The army wants to send you to die in Iraq." "For 100 years!" "The curfew in my town is 10pm...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Jun 19, 2008
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REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL:
IT would seem there's no topic worthy of addressing that would not bore our patient readers, after the “Round Table” program of June 12, which dealt with the new edition of a book published in Bolivia 15 years ago, featuring now a prologue I wrote. During this...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Jun 10, 2008
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I had an excellent conversation yesterday with the parent of two students from Olympia's Waldorf School . Following the traditional Waldorf curriculum , here in Olympia the school is regarded as the anti-traditional public school - much as other Waldorf schools are regarded internationally....... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Jun 5, 2008
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Alright readers, here's my news, in case you're interested: I recently began a position in Washington's state health agency as their coordinated school health manager. Its a significant policy position that works within the state agency and with the state education agency to promote collaboration...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: May 25, 2008
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Here's some interesting news items as I get ready to come back from my late spring hiatus. "Kids from higher income households just aren’t going into the labor market. They’re looking for things to put on résumés, and working at Dairy Queen or Wal-Mart just isn’t going to help you get...... [view]
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