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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: 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 5, 2008
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I have recently made the acquaintance of an executive director for a nonprofit in Pennsylvania. We have carried on a dialog over the last several weeks that has been really neat, and I want to share with you another thought I just wrote to her. The other day she asked, "How do you show folks...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Apr 29, 2008
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I have wrote before about the trouble America is in today because as a nation we've apparently lost hope in children and youth. A country where "children are the future" and "youth are the leaders of tomorrow" is apparently seeing its chickens come home to roost: Without feeling like they are...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Apr 14, 2008
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Imagine being 3 or 4 years old and invited to adult dances, singing and dancing with them through the night. When you're 4 you dance in adult ballets - and even though you're not particularly graceful or talented, you are still welcomed and applauded for your performances. At 5 years old you...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Apr 7, 2008
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More than 30 years ago there was a growing national effort to promote youth empowerment, youth participation and youth rights. For some reason we've forgot about that movement, like it never existed - or failed so miserably we don't mention it, like an ugly stepchild. Here are several books from...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Jan 21, 2008
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The underlying assumption behind all youth involvement programs is that youth are segregated. American society has relied on the ongoing and consistent alienation, isolation and institutionalization of young people for more than 10 decades now, only to the detriment of families, communities, and...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Aug 17, 2007
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It is difficult for me to listen to the experts and professionals preach about " youth leadership ". There is an inherent dilemma in that phrase and in the practices behind it that is repulsive. I have not met a program that bills itself as a youth leadership program that teaches young people...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Aug 13, 2007
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These last few weeks my blog posts have been on the road, as I've traveled almost 5000 miles to and from the Northeast on two different trips. During these two trips, both at the insistence of my friend and colleague Giselle Martin-Kniep . I met Giselle last year during a project we were both...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Aug 5, 2007
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There was a period of time, about ten years ago, when any discussion of "youth rights" automatically got me fired up. In 1997 I was working as an "adult living skills" instructor in a program for foster and homeless youth in Lincoln, Nebraska. That year I re-read Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the...... [view]
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