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“Deschooling in a school”: the case of Self-Directed Education at UWC ISAK Japan

Parameswaran

2019

Details the use of a pure self-directed education model in an economics classroom.

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Heather has spent the last 6 years teaching secondary math in 3 different schools across two states. I've recently left the classroom to spend more time with my two children, and to research and brainstorm my next steps as an educator. I like to spend my days highly caffeinated and exploring new adventures with my kids.
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Announcing Conference to Restore Humanity! 2025: Quest for Connection (July 21-23, 2025). In 2025, we’re responding to the need for community and solidarity in uncertain times by turning Conference to Restore Humanity into a model for humanizing critical discourse and dialogue: bringing together students and teachers, researchers and doers, thinkers and visionaries to explore complex topics in education and illuminate a path forward together.

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Announcing Conference to Restore Humanity! 2024: Vision Into Reality.

Join us on July 22nd-25th for a one-of-its-kind, designed for virtual progressive education conference.

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New Writing: Art as a Liberatory Practice in School

"In my work as a school counseling graduate student intern working with elementary-aged students, I have been finding art to be an incredibly important tool in helping to promote students’ empathy, self- expression, self-confidence, and healing."

March 19, 2025
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Full conference line-up announced!

Conference to Restore Humanity! 2025 is shaping up to be our best conference yet! Visit our conference site to see our keynote, workshop hosts, and panelists.

March 18, 2025
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New podcast: Sensemaking and Cybernetics in Classroom Teaching w/ Christian Moore-Anderson

Biology teacher Christian Moore-Anderson talks about how teachers can become better communicators by thinking in cybernetics!

March 8, 2025

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I think there's a common misconception that school is the only thing that matters. And the school system makes a lot of people feel like if they're not doing the best academically or kind of meeting the limit, then maybe they're not going to do as well later in life or maybe there's something wrong with them. I feel like that's a whole, really incorrect kind of idea that's perpetuated by the school system.

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