Category Archives: Acting

The Public School Challenge of Unschooling

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

I spent 24 years in various roles in public education. I believed in what I was doing. I learned about being a teacher by being a teacher, not going to “teacher school”. I learned it from mentors who saw in … Continue reading →

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Collaborative Poem Challenge: Celebrate Books, Libraries, & the Earth

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Join the fun… contribute to this collaborative poem! April is for celebrating a lot of my favorite things: National Library Week (April 10 – 16), Let’s G.O.! (Get Outside) Month, National Poetry Month and Earth Day. So, what better way … Continue reading →

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10 Ways to Make 2011 a Year of Learning

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

One of my life goals is to continue to learn as much as I can about the world and how it works, about myself and my limits, and about how to make the world a more sustainable place for the … Continue reading →

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Teen turns water into an authentic learning project

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

Kids care. Here’s a Salt Lake Tribune article about a middle school student, Stephen Jarman, from the Canyons [Utah] School District who is raising awareness about the lack of accessible and safe drinking water for many people in the world … Continue reading →

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