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  • Hanover, NH
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April 14
Dave! There isn't a lot of information available online about this case. Check out http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F3/200/1128/521594/ and see what you can turn up. In the interim, I definitely agree with your line of thinking!
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First Name:
Sam
Last Name:
Chaltain
Hometown:
Hanover, NH
School/Organization Name:
Democracy. Learning. Voice
Job Title:
Chief Troubador
City:
Washington
State:
DC
My Story:
On the path . . .
My Ideal School is a Place Where:
all children are visible, and all people have the skills and self-confidence they need to be seen and heard by others in meaningful, responsible ways.
My Religious Views:
In search of . . .
My Political Views:
Nonpartisan bridgebuilder
My Favorite Freedom:
freedom of conscience
My Personal Heroes:
Martin Luther King, Myles Horton, Fannie Lou Hamer, Vic Chaltain, Charles Haynes
My Personal Motto:
Do your work, then step back.
My Favorite Journey:
A mid-afternoon walk in Rock Creek Park, on a sunny day, with my dog
Recommended Reading:
Professional: Theory U (Scharmer) The Art of Changing the Brain (Zull), Presence (Senge et al), Leadership & the New Science (Wheatley)
Personal: The Brothers Karamazov, Mama Day, Coming Through Slaughter, Blood Meridian, All the King's Men, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, anything by Ray Carver or James Baldwin
Recommended Web sites:
www.samchaltain.com
www.fivefreedoms.org
rethinklearningnow.com
Recommended Blogs:
http://www.samchaltain.com/blog
Quotable:
“What would happen if rather than thinking of democracy as something we inherit, like a suit of clothes passed on from our grandparents, we thought of it as a learning process – one where we’ve only taken the smallest baby steps so far.”
-- C. Otto Scharmer

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A draft Introduction of my forthcoming book, American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community

(book comes out in October 2009)

Ask different people to define what it means to be an American in a single word, and you’ll hear the same answer – FREEDOM.

In that one word we capture the historic, partly fulfilled promise of the United States. And we name an irresistible, universal human impulse – to be in control of our own destiny, to feel visible to others, and to have a say in determining the shape of the world around us.

Alongside the need for freedom, there is an equally pressing huma… Continue

Posted on July 23, 2009 at 10:53am — 5 Comments

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At 12:47pm on April 30, 2010, Eleesha Tucker said…
Will you be attending the Religious Freedom Education Project event tonight, Chaplains Under Fire? It would be nice to meet you if you are. Having military service on my mind helped me respond to Kim's question of the month.
At 12:25am on January 11, 2010, Maggie said…
SAM. Congrats on your book. Patrick told me about it. I'm so happy for you. Looks like things are going up! The best direction!
At 1:25am on December 5, 2009, Tia Griffin said…
Hello. I am excited to report some positive baby steps that have taken place here in Spokane Washington. I had some concerns about the book "The Cay" which my daughter's elementary teacher was reading aloud to the class.
At 4:45pm on September 20, 2009, Jayne Ropella said…
Great CNN piece Sam! Sorry I didn't have time to send anything before the launch. I have had a very busy start to the school year. Things should start settling down soon. Keep in touch and we will continue our summer conversation.
At 12:19pm on September 9, 2009, Bridget Carruth said…
Hi. Please check out my posts about how Bloomberg operates New York City's Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline, and the Internet Education System (IES) that I developed to combat America's Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline. Let's keep fighting!!!
At 1:49pm on September 8, 2009, Bridget Carruth said…
Sam please read Bridget Carruth's blog on Five Freedoms website. I need your help so that we save our children from prisons-for-profit!
At 12:17pm on August 5, 2009, Rev. Jack P. (Mickey) Elliott said…
Sam check out:

http://www.clearvieweducation.com/blog/2009/100-best-blogs-for-teachers-of-the-future/
At 4:47pm on May 7, 2009, Maggie said…
Hmmmm let me see. School is almost out so I'm looking forward to summer. But next year for my senior year I think I'm going to be editor or co-editor of our school newspaper along with another girl. I am super excited for that!


How have you been?
Keeping busy??
At 2:17pm on May 3, 2009, Maggie said…
Sam!
At 7:22am on March 17, 2009, Susan Oliver said…
you are my kind of client. great, see you at 10:30 on Friday at Tryst.
 
 
 

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