Education in the Media

The Alternatives to Compulsory Education

Posted by patfarenga ⋅ April 23, 2013 ⋅ Leave a comment

I’ve been meeting with people over the past two years trying to find ways to connect and expand our different points of view about learning without compulsory institutions. Kirsten Olson, one of the founders of Cooperative Catalyst, was one of the people I reached out to, which is how I became part of this group. … Continue reading →

Introducing IncitED: The Crowdfunding Community for Education

Posted by JaimeRWood ⋅ April 21, 2013 ⋅ 2 Comments

IncitED is the crowdfunding community for education where teachers and education supporters can fund, share, and replicate important education initiatives worldwide. Visit IncitED at http://www.incited.org. Like us on Facebook to get regular updates about how we’re supporting the work of educators: https://www.facebook.com/IncitEDTheCrowdfundingCommunityForEducation. During the last week of April, we’ll be launching two exciting campaigns: Open … Continue reading →

Victim Shaming, Rapist Celebrating Society: The Lessons Children are Learning

Posted by Jabreel Chisley ⋅ March 19, 2013 ⋅ 13 Comments

A few months ago, I wrote a post about how rape culture has a strong relation to America’s taxpayer-funded schools. Since, the evidence of rape culture in schools has shown such a strong connection to the existence of rape culture that the truth has become axiomatic. However, that is just the brunt of this issue, … Continue reading →

Taking Time to Practice Democracy #yearatMH

Posted by Sabrina ⋅ February 12, 2013 ⋅ Leave a comment

originally posted at the IDEA Blog. Are we ‘school-year’ wise, but lifetime foolish? Immediately after finishing the first video chapter of “A Year at Mission Hill,” I went over to the school’s website and read their mission statement. I was first struck by just how beautiful it is; their care and dedication to “helping parents … Continue reading →

The Evaluation: schooling at the end of teaching, unions, & care

Posted by Chad Sansing ⋅ January 12, 2013 ⋅ 6 Comments

Nearly sixth months ago, I posted “The Evaluation,” a near-future science fiction short story imagining public school teaching as day-labor inside a techno-bureaucratic panopticon. Since then, I’ve tried to hold myself accountable for posting about the work that my kids and I do together, which I love and in which I believe. I want to … Continue reading →

The Care of Your Soul Became Mine

Posted by charles kouns ⋅ December 18, 2012 ⋅ 2 Comments

I would like to remove some rocks from your field so that you can plant more wheat. And those hills I see that are part of you, I have some trees in mind for them and flowering grasses, so that you won’t erode when the elements pour. Are we not lovers? Cannot I speak to … Continue reading →

The Monday After Newtown

Posted by Paula White ⋅ December 17, 2012 ⋅ 6 Comments

I really hate coming to school the first day after a school incident somewhere else. No one ever knows whether it will be a biggie to our kids or not, so we have to prepare and really think through how to support our kiddos. I don’t mind that, in fact, I want to be prepared … Continue reading →

My schools GSA letter to East Aurora School District 131

Posted by Jabreel Chisley ⋅ October 30, 2012 ⋅ 1 Comment

Ohio Virtual Academy/ Gay-Straight Alliance From: Ohio Virtual Academy High School Gay Straight Alliance 1655 Holland Road Suite F Maumee, Ohio 43537 October 22, 2012 To: East Aurora School District 131 417 Fifth Street Aurora, Illinois 60505 ATTN: Mary Anne Turza Stella Gonzalez Annette Johnson Richard Leonard Raymund Hall Anita Lewis Ignacio Cervantes … Continue reading →

Meducation: how did we land here?

Posted by ktenkely ⋅ October 13, 2012 ⋅ 1 Comment

|Kelly Tenkely| Originally published on http://ilearntechnology.com I recently saw this bit on the Colbert Report…it would be funnier if it weren’t accurately reporting something that is actually happening. It is unbelievable to me that we, as a society, choose to medicate (meducate) instead of challenging the system and fixing the problem. As educators, it is up … Continue reading →

A Students Response to Mitt Romney’s: A Chance for Every Child

Posted by Jabreel Chisley ⋅ August 13, 2012 ⋅ 1 Comment

First off, education is not a privilege. Education is something that is to be thought of as a right, a requirement, and a necessity. Education is something that we owe to children and adults for success both today and tomorrow. When you deny the right to access education, you are denying the right to live … Continue reading →

Student Slams Ex-CNN Anchor, Union President, and Students First

Posted by zakmal ⋅ August 2, 2012 ⋅ 3 Comments

This piece was originally published on StuVoice.org. Are you a supporter of sexual predators? We can all agree that that is a ridiculous question to ask, yet, former journalist Campbell Brown did just that in her Wall Street Journal opinion piece titled, “Teachers Unions Go to Bat for Sexual Predators.” It gets worse. A Twitter … Continue reading →

#stuvoice

Posted by Tara S ⋅ July 23, 2012 ⋅ 1 Comment

Students are banding together to enhance their voice in policy discussions nationwide. Students everywhere are eager to join the conversation, especially regarding the future of their education system. Now is the time for our voice – the Student Voice – to be heard. That’s the theory behind the new site and blog project stuvoice.org. A place … Continue reading →

Solutionaries: Zoe Weil’s New TEDx Talk

Posted by zoeweil ⋅ July 2, 2012 ⋅ 5 Comments

I’m excited to share my new TEDxConejo talk: Solutionaries, which explores the challenges and opportunities for making choices that do the most good and least harm through our work, citizenship, and daily choices, and suggests ways to transform education at the root and embrace the power it has has to bring about a better world … Continue reading →

The Importance of Student Voice : a response to Diane Ravitch

Posted by Jabreel Chisley ⋅ June 27, 2012 ⋅ 5 Comments

“Student voice is now being invited to evaluate teachers, but I think that’s very bad idea. One more way to intimidate educators. ‪#soschat” @DianeRavitch (5:57 PM – 19 Jun 12) In public education voice is something that is tolerated with a sense of intolerance…meaning it is something that is lauded only for preaching the common … Continue reading →

Bring on the Learning Revolution

Posted by Tara S ⋅ June 2, 2012 ⋅ 8 Comments

(Cross-posted from Life’s about the Journey) In Sir Ken Robinson’s second most notable TED talk, Bring on the Learning Revolution, he talks of a 2nd climate crisis. One as severe as the one coupled with global warming, but not a crisis of environmental resources. Rather, a crisis of human resources. He says that we poorly use … Continue reading →