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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Sep 5, 2008
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The institutions, culture and public policy that drive our society needs to be transformed so that adults and young people share roles more equitably within government, communities, workplaces, and families. With that assumption firmly intact, the development of new cultural and structural...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Aug 24, 2008
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About five years ago, in one of my final conversations with Sasha Rabkin (whom I've mentioned before ), I learned about his conceptualization of "democracy schools," different from democratic schools. This isn't the same as some national programs already at work, but they aren't entirely...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Aug 21, 2008
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My friend Melia just wrote a great blog entry about the challenges to democratic education in public schools. Five years ago Melia co-founded a nonprofit in the Bay Area that engages students in apprenticeships to explore professions; it looks like an innovative program, and Melia is a...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Aug 22, 2008
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Okay, so to continue from the last post, here's one reason why schools today are not democratic. Remember, this is why , not how. Schools in a capitalistic society are going to be... capitalistic. Working with an elementary school in Tampa, Florida, I learned about the reality of 3rd, 4th...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Aug 11, 2008
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At the International Democratic Education Conference in Vancouver last week I had the privilege of facilitating three open space workshops. The three were all exhilarating conversations, filled with questions and criticisms, hope and idealism, and contradictions. The people I met and the...... [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: 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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