Educating for a Better World (free video)

November 1, 2009 at 10:03 pm | In AERO, AERO Conference, AERO Online Video Series | Leave a Comment
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A workshop featuring Khalif Williams, Ron Miller, and Sally Carless at the 2008 AERO conference.

 

You can order this workshop online at:

http://www.educationrevolution.org/2008workshop4.html

2007 John Taylor Gatto Keynote Talk (free video!)

October 26, 2009 at 6:18 am | In AERO, AERO Conference, AERO Online Video Series | Leave a Comment
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“Walkabout London: Open Source Learning”

2008 AERO Conference School Start Workshops (free video!)

October 24, 2009 at 8:46 pm | In AERO, AERO Conference, AERO Online Video Series | Leave a Comment
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Part 1 and 2:
A) School is a Community: Building a Support Group and School Community from Scratch
with Alan Berger, Chris Mercogliano, and Jerry Mintz

B) Finances and Fundraising: Alternative Fund Raising Ideas and Best Practice
from the Experience of Pat Montgomery, Chris Mercogliano, and Jerry Mintz


Part 3:
C) Pitfalls and Myths of School Starting: How to and How Not to Do It
with Jerry Mintz, Chris Mercogliano, Pat Montgomery, and Mary Leue

2007 AERO Conference School Start Workshops (free video!)

October 24, 2009 at 8:22 pm | In AERO, AERO Conference, AERO Online Video Series | Leave a Comment
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These two sessions dealt not only with philosophy, but with the nuts and bolts of started a school, including legal and financial questions answered by panelists.

Part 1, 1/3:


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FINAL Call for Proposals (AERO Conference)

October 7, 2009 at 3:24 pm | In AERO, AERO Conference, Education Events | Leave a Comment
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Dear Potential AERO Conference Presenters:

Due to an overwhelming response to our initial call for proposals, we must now put out our final call for proposals!

Please submit your completed forms by October 16th.  If you will be submitting your forms via snail mail, they must be received by October 16th, so we suggest sending them by October 12th at the latest.

This year we will have five primary workshop tracks:

* Introduction to Alternatives in Education
* School Starting
* Practical Skills & Application
* Philosophy & Theory
* Social Issues & Education
* Beyond Education

You can download the form at http://www.educationrevolution.org/workshops.html  If you have any issues, please contact me ASAP at aeroconference@gmail.com or 518.465.2575

Best,

Isaac Graves
Conference Director

7th Annual AERO Conference
518.465.2575
www.EducationRevolution.org
aeroconference@gmail.com

All information sent in this e-mail should be considered private and for the eyes of the recipient only unless explicitly noted or consent is asked for and received.

A New Paradigm for Global Education: A Talk by Joel Spring (free video)

September 25, 2009 at 12:09 am | In AERO, AERO Conference, AERO Online Video Series | Leave a Comment
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Joel Spring received his Ph.D. in educational policy studies from the University of Wisconsin. He is currently a Professor at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His great-great-grandfather was the first Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory and his grandfather, Joel S. Spring, was a local district chief at the time Indian Territory became Oklahoma. Joel Spring worked as a railroad conductor on the Illinois Central Railroad and for many years lived each summer on an island off the coast of Sitka, Alaska. His novel, Alaskan Visions, includes many of his Alaskan experiences. After falling in love with his editor, Joel moved to New York.

Professor Spring’s major research interests are history of education, multicultural education, Native American culture, the politics of education, global education, and human rights education. He is the author of over twenty scholarly books with the most recent being How Educational Ideologies are Shaping Global Society; Education and the Rise of the Global Economy; The Universal Right to Education: Justification, Definition, and Guidelines; Globalization and Educational Rights; and Educating the Consumer Citizen: A History of the Marriage of Schools, Advertising, and Media. Joel’s most important textbooks are American Education (now in its 11th edition) and the American School 1642-2004 (now in its 6th edition).

Find out more and purchase this DVD at www.educationrevolution.org/2007spring.html

How Democratic Education Could Save the World (free video)

September 22, 2009 at 4:22 pm | In AERO, AERO Conference, AERO Online Video Series, Democratic Education | Leave a Comment
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2006 AERO conference keynote by AERO director Jerry Mintz.  Find out more and order this video at http://www.educationrevolution.org/aero06mintz.html

Winning the Education Revolution: Lessons from Montessori (free video)

September 21, 2009 at 1:39 pm | In AERO, AERO Conference, AERO Online Video Series | Leave a Comment
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Winning the Education Revolution: Lessons from Montessori is an hour and a half keynote talk at the 2006 AERO conference by Tim Seldin.

Tim is the President of The Montessori Foundation and Chair of the International Montessori Council. His more than thirty years of experience in Montessori education includes twenty-two years as Headmaster of the Barrie School in Silver Spring, MD, his own alma mater (age two through high school graduation). He has also served as the Director of the Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies and as Head of the New Gate School in Sarasota, Florida. He earned a B.A. in History and Philosophy from Georgetown University, an M.Ed. in Educational Administration and Supervision from The American University, and his Montessori certification from the American Montessori Society. Tim Seldin is the author of several books on Montessori Education, including his latest, The Montessori Way with Dr. Paul Epstein, Building a World-class Montessori School, Finding the Perfect Match – Recruit and Retain Your Ideal Enrollment, Master Teachers – Model Programs, Starting a New Montessori School, Celebrations of Life, and The World in the Palm of Her Hand.

You can find out more about Tim and order this DVD at www.educationrevolution.org/aero06seldin.html

An Evening with John Taylor Gatto (New York Area Talk)

September 21, 2009 at 12:17 pm | In AERO, AERO Conference, Education Events | Leave a Comment
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An Evening with John Taylor Gatto (2010 AERO Conference Keynote Speaker) hosted by The Garden Road School. Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 6:30 pm. Join us for an enlightening and timely educational reform presentation on the pitfalls of compulsory schooling. Come learn how everything you know about school is wrong and how you can get an education in spite of school. John Taylor Gatto is the author of “Dumbing us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling”, a leading educational activist and three time recipient of the prestigious NYC Teacher of the Year Award.

The Garden Road School, is located at 99 Baron de Hirsch Road, Crompond, NY. Tickets are $20 per person and $35 per couple in advance. For more information visit: www.thegardenroad.org, info@thegardenroad.org or call (914) 526-4033.

Call for Proposals! AERO’s 7th Annual Conference

September 19, 2009 at 11:47 am | In AERO, AERO Conference, Education Events | Leave a Comment
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We are now accepting workshop/presentation proposals for our 7th annual conference.

For more information, please visit www.educationrevolution.org/workshops.html

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