Two of the most note-worthy examples of publicly-funded democratic schools have been seriously challenged in the past year, leading to the closure of one and the very real closure threat of the other.
Village School of Northfield, Minnesota was a democratic charter school that ran for 9 years up until 2006, when the now-discredited […]
Archive for August, 2007
Threats to Democratic Schools
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17 August 2007 |
13:20 |
Education Policy, Democratic Education |
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Youth Councils
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16 August 2007 |
16:13 |
Youth Rights |
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Young people have the right to be part of decision-making processes at all levels: governmental, educational, organizational, etc. Not only do all people deserve to have a voice in decisions that affect them, but we miss out on a wealth of experience and insight by ignoring and not including the voices of young people.
In […]
Young people have the right to be part of decision-making processes at all levels: governmental, educational, organizational, etc. Not only do all people deserve to have a voice in decisions that affect them, but we miss out on a wealth of experience and insight by ignoring and not including the voices of young people.
In […]
National Education Standards
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8 August 2007 |
13:25 |
Education Policy |
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At its annual Legislative Summit this week in Boston, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) declared strong opposition to the creation of national academic standards. Hopefully the federal legislators who will be debating the re-authorization of NCLB next month will take this statement by state legislators seriously.
National academic standards will increase […]
At its annual Legislative Summit this week in Boston, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) declared strong opposition to the creation of national academic standards. Hopefully the federal legislators who will be debating the re-authorization of NCLB next month will take this statement by state legislators seriously.
National academic standards will increase […]