Author: Adam F.C. Fletcher
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The Power of Improvisational Teaching
In 2015 the following authors argued against the standardization of the education classroom. In 2024 this argument can be made with even greater emphasis. What did they say then? They make is clear that the classroom is not a place with standardized youth but rather a room full of unique individuals with a variety of…
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How To Start A Youth Civic Engagement Program
Here are five steps every organization and individual should take to start a youth program.
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Intro to the Democracy Deficit Disorder
Around the world today, there is a challenge to the most common organizing structure for society today. Never easily rested upon, democracy has required constant invention, reinvention and transformation since the earliest peoples practiced it, whether among the Greeks 2,700 years ago, the Indians 3,100 years ago, or Native American nations in the last 2,000…
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Students Planning K-12 Education
This article highlights examples of students engaging in planning K-12 education at the classroom and system levels.
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The New Democracy
This is a blog entry about democracy by J. Cynthia McDermott for the Progressive Teacher Network
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Should We Listen to Student Voice?
This blog describes the shortcomings of student voice activities in K-12 schools today.
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The Impact of Students on School Boards
Students on school boards can affect the student representatives themselves; adult school board members; students throughout the affected education system, and; the larger communities that the schools serve.
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