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THE DIRT OF DEMOCRACY!?!
Hi Sam and everyone.... hope this finds you well! Wondering .....does this fit into the 5 Freedoms!!!! Public school resegregation is a "national horror hidden in plain view," writes former educato…
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THE DIRT OF DEMOCRACY!?!
Hi Sam.... hope this finds you well.... lets face it...i am sure it was easier for me to read then the efforts of writing it!! :) I will certainly check out the rethink learning now sight....... be…
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THE DIRT OF DEMOCRACY!?!
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THE CIRCLE OF COURAGE- MEDICINE WHEEL AND THE SOIL OF DEMOCRACY!?! The Art of Creating A Democratic Learning Community- AMERICAN SCHOOLS by Sam Chaltain Thanks Sam for writing this important book…
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December 2009 Question of the Month
Kim... hope this finds you well. “Education is always a vocation rooted in hopefulness.” ( B. Hooks ) Democracy in any classroom starts with creating environments of respect and caring. That need…
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- Michael
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- My Story:
- Ah, once more he put fire in me,
And once more this crazy heart is craving the open plains.
This ocean of love breaks in another wave
And blood pours from my heart in all directions.
Ah, one spark flew and burned the house of my heart.
Smoke filled the sky.
The flames grew fierce in the wind.
The fire of the heart is not easily lit. ( Rumi )
- Recommended Web sites:
- Check out the Relaiming Youth Network
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- "From three to four, he planned to stand perfectly still and think of what it was like to be alive." Wilbur the Pig (Charlotte's Web by E.B. White)
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Poems that help me to Pause- Collection
SOMETIMES
Sometimes
if you move carefully
through the forest
breathing
like the ones
in the old stories
who could cross
a shimmering bed of dry leaves
without a sound,
you come
to a place
whose only task
is to trouble you
with tiny
but frightening requests
conceived out of nowhe… Continue
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In fact, Rumi is one of my absolute favorite poets, and your image suggests you may have been involved with 4MAT over the years, as have I. (If you haven't, consider checking it out at www.aboutlearning.com - your circle of courage aligns beautifully with it.) I've begun browsing around the Reclaiming Youth Network web site, and look forward to checking it out further.
Thanks for starting a discussion here - that automatically enters you in our special five-winners-for-five-weeks raffle to celebrate the release of American Schools: The Art of Creating Democratic Learning Communities, a book by the Network's founder Sam Chaltain. Stay tuned - you may be a winner :-)
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