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School Starters Who Write: Another Crowdsourced Celebration

Posted by holisticdancingmonkey ⋅ May 28, 2012

Many educators dream of starting or leading a school or educational alternative. How often do we teachers fantasize about the utopian school we would create if given the opportunity? All the things that don’t work in the contemporary industrialized model of schooling, and the myriad ways in which mainstream education places itself somewhere on the … Continue reading »

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Women Educators and Philosophers: A Crowdsourced Celebration

Posted by dloitz ⋅ May 26, 2012 ⋅ 33 Comments

The majority of teachers in this country are women, their impact on the history of education is vast, but only a few are covered in textbooks on education or talked about among the major thinkers in the history of education. Their wisdom, experience and action research in and out of the classroom has helped shape … Continue reading »

Springtime in Education

Posted by charles kouns ⋅ April 16, 2012 ⋅ 26 Comments

Near the end of my mother’s 79th year, she fell and broke her hip. As the surgeon readied for the operation, a physical exam revealed she had lung cancer. My mother would not consent to chemotherapy, but instead to a long series of radiation treatments. She looked at me and said, “I don’t want my … Continue reading »