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Real Education Is Transformative

Posted by mjdicker ⋅ November 4, 2011 ⋅ 5 Comments

Thanks to Jen Groves for the inspiration for this Blog for IDEC 2012 Week post. This is cross-posted at http://www.reschoolyourself.com. I’ve never been much for taking on physical challenges, especially when there was risk involved. Skydiving, mountain climbing, and other extreme sports have zero appeal to me. That’s why it was such a big deal for me to challenge myself … Continue reading →

Blog for IDEC 2012 Week Roundup: Real Education Is…

Posted by mjdicker ⋅ November 3, 2011 ⋅ 1 Comment

It’s Blog for IDEC 2012 Week, and each day you’re invited to submit a post on one of the defining values of the conference and what it means to you. Leave a link to your URL in the comments section, and we’ll add it to this post. Check back throughout this week as we update … Continue reading →

Real Education is Relevant

Posted by Adam Burk ⋅ November 3, 2011 ⋅ 24 Comments

Real Education is Relevant And Relevance Is All About the ContextIf we are going to talk about school reform designed to create meaningful education, we need to look at education within the context of the individual, her community, history, and the planet. And hopefully with as much sophistication as each context demands. Today’s education reform … Continue reading →

Teach for Humanity

Posted by Esther O. ⋅ November 1, 2011 ⋅ 3 Comments

This is a story about experience. Strangely enough, experience has the power to both sever and prompt connection. There are threads of my story—my experience—that are particular to me as a black child, a black woman, and an African immigrant. On the other hand, there are fibers in my story that are universal, and linked … Continue reading →

Real Education Is Human

Posted by Kirsten Olson ⋅ November 1, 2011 ⋅ 33 Comments

This post kicks off Blog for IDEC 2012 week. At an extraordinary and unusual school I visited recently, I observed a seven-year-old girl come before the school’s judicial council. The day before she had violated a cardinal rule of the school. She had failed to look after her own safety. She and four of her … Continue reading →

You’re Invited to Blog for IDEC 2012 Week, 10/31 – 11/4

Posted by mjdicker ⋅ October 25, 2011 ⋅ 7 Comments

Hey Coop-ers, I haven’t posted much to this blog yet but wanted to reintroduce myself. I’m the Communications Director of IDEA, an organization that has much in common with the Coop. Kirsten Olson is our Board President, David Loitz is a Community Organizer, Adam Burk is a Digital Organizer, and some of the folks who blog … Continue reading →