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Iniciar una Escuela Alternativa

Iniciar una Escuela Alternativa, Nivel 1, será el primer curso en línea en español a ofrecerse en AERO (Alternative Education Resource Organization). EducaciónAlternativa.org y AERO, en alianza colaborativa, desarrollan este curso. La intención de la alianza es llevar al público que habla español el concepto de educación alternativa, la educación centrada-en-el-estudiante, y promover el establecimiento [...]

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Start an Educational Alternative

At a time when the U.S. education system is failing under the burden of the ill-conceived No Child Left Behind program, it is crucial that we create alternative school models, all across the country and around the world. AERO has decided to pour more of its energy into supporting the creation of a spectrum of [...]

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Angela Harris

The peaceful school

“You must be so patient.” If I have heard that once, I’ve heard it a hundred times. I must be [...]

Ron Miller

Education for a green society

There is a strong connection between the business world and the modern institution of schooling. Historians of education have explained [...]

Laura Grace Weldon

How to listen and how to be heard

Do you really want a dead cat on your desk?” When a teacher took a parent’s phone call at the [...]

Karen Whitescarver

The lifelong journey

It was a cloudy day in April, 2004. It was cloudy in my mind. And storm clouds were brewing over [...]

Ron Miller

Toward participatory democracy

As I pursued research for my book on the 1960s-era free school movement, I came across numerous references to the [...]

Ed Smith

A history lesson and survival guide for young people during the decline of America

If you’re an American teen or young adult, you’re a pioneer. You may not think of yourself as a pioneer, [...]

Laura Grace Weldon

Empowering children’s interests without excessive interference

Alexa began creating a village when she was seven years old. She liked to build tiny houses out of sticks [...]

Christine Yablonski

Choosing my kids over public education

My husband Phil and I were both educated in the public school system. He came from a very impoverished family [...]

Ron Miller

Reflecting on spirituality in education

Early in my career, I attempted to define the place of spirituality in holistic education: A basic premise of holistic [...]

Laura Grace Weldon

How the 10,000 hour rule benefits us

If you haven’t heard about the 10,000 Hour Rule, you’re probably busy doing what people do. Living life on your [...]

Charlotte Landvoigt

Parents and the new paradigm

When our philosophy necessitates a change in the way we view the world, we call it a paradigm shift. Our [...]

Judy Cohen

A dent in the sofa

Pouring a cup of instant coffee, looking over the kitchen counter into my living room, I suddenly saw it. On [...]