Third Keynoter Announced!
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Early bird Ended, Now Extended
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 Dave Lehman to Keynote at the AERO Conference! |
The next
AERO Conference will be from June 28-July 1st at Long Island University/Post Campus in NY. The theme is The Spectrum of Democratic Education.
Third Keynoter Announced!
More exciting details of the conference are evolving. We're happy to announce that our third keynoter is
Dave Lehman. He started one of the first and perhaps the most radical public democratic alternative school, the Alternative Community School in Ithaca, New York. He le
d the school for more than 30 years and it is now named for him, the Lehman Alternative
Community School. Among other things, the school is one of a unique group of public alternatives in New York, The Consortium, that is exempt from the Common Core tests! Dave helped make that happen! He also knows about independent alternatives, having helped start one before he was at Alternative Community School.
AERO will be publishing his new book,
A Principal's Notebook: The Story of the Lehman Alternative Community School
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and we will have the launch at the AERO Conference.
Dave says the school continues to be strong and democratic. His keynote is entitled
"Lessons from 44 Years as a Public Democratic Secondary School."
He will also do a workshop,
"Teaching Implications of Recent Brain Research."
about brain research and learner-centered education.
As an added bonus he plans to bring his guitar for a night of music in the Hillwood lounge and suggests that other attendees should bring their instruments and voices!.
I've known Dave Lehman since the 1970's, His work as a pioneer in public democratic education is very special. Off-hand I can only think of one other person who could be considered his peer: Arnie Langberg, founder of Jefferson County Open School in Colorado, who has also been an AERO keynoter.
More Details About Fuhrman's Keynote
Meanwhile we've received new and amazing details about the presentations that famed nutritionist and author, Dr. Joel Fuhrman plans to do. He said, "I
can do the keynote event on Nutritional Excellence To Live Healthy to 100, about an 80-minute presentation. The next day I'd like to do a talk about Food Addiction, Obesity and Mental Illness with a 30-minute Q and A. I can then do a book signing."
He plans particularly to talk about his ideas as they relate to children's nutrition.
By the way, I happened to be looking at an internet story about whether raw regular mushrooms could have a toxin in them, and the referenced authority was Dr. Fuhrman!
Pono Documentary To Premier at AERO
We also found out that Pono in New York City
"is finalizing a short documentary (that is made professionally and will be submitted to film festivals) about a survey that the children have completed on the presidency." Some people may remember that they were filming part of that at last year's conference. People who went to their workshop were stunned by the young students' articulateness and insights. The premier will be at the conference.
As we said before, we will also have workshops about democratic schools, ALCs, Sudbury Schools as well as public alternatives and homeschool resource centers. And don't forget our first keynoter, Henry Readhead of Summerhill! We'll be posting more info on his soon. In case you missed it, here's an excerpt from one of his talks at the Israel IDEC.
Register at the early bird rate
here!
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Early Bird Ended but now Extended!
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Early Bird Extended
The early bird sale ended last Wednesday night but we heard from many people who plan to come and are still in the process or arranging funding from their schools, etc. So we have reinstated the early bird rate for a short time. Also, please contact us directly for any special arrangements such as group rates, volunteer opportunities, etc. We've been hearing from many people we haven't heard from in years who have registered or are planning to come.
We also have shared room and single room package deals available.
We will be taking proposals for
workshops through march 15 or earlier, when we've approved the 25 workshops.
Register at the early bird rate
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Teen Suspended from High School After her Anti-bullying Video Posted
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A Tennessee high school student's anti-bullying video has resulted in nearly 600,000 views on YouTube and a suspension for its creator.
Lebanon High School student Emily Gipson said school administrators accused her of "trying to incite violence" and gave her a two-day in-school suspension for the video entitled "Welcome to Lebanon High School," posted Jan. 22.
In the video, prompted by a classmate's October suicide, she asks students to treat each other better. It's a broad indictment of campus culture, but contains neither profanity nor calls for direct action.
"Welcome to Lebanon High School, where smiles are fake and suicide prevention is something to laugh at," she said in the video, criticizing her peers' reaction to the Stop It app the Wilson County school had put out in response to the death.
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| EXPLORING A HOMESCHOOLING JOURNEY |
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Ed: Jessica is an AERO subscriber and sent the following article to us from Sweden.
By Jessica Rios
Idealism can be a blessing and a curse. To be at peace we must surrender our ideals at times rather than clinging to high dreams. Yet the imagination is a gift, and if we are in love with the human spirit - as I am - we ask ourselves which elements of society best honor the human spirit, and which do not. In this article I will leave out criticisms of school, its original design, and how it fails young humans and our future. Those critiques are not the best use of my writing. Sharing what I believe does serve life, is.
What I will assert is that all children are naturally curious. All children are born ready to learn, and homeschooling is a brilliant way to honor a child's inherent beauty and wholeness.
Once led by religious families who wanted God to be central in their education, the homeschooling movement is now comprised largely of families who simply want their children's learning to be natural. Less forced, more free.
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A Conversation about SVS between Lenore Skenazy and Daniel Greenberg
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Ed: Lenore Skenazy was a popular keynoter at the AERO Conference.
Note: This interview took place on the Genesis Communication Network, on the
Dr. Katherine Albrecht Show (hour 2), on October 7, 2014. Lenore Skenazy was
sitting in as host for Dr. Albrecht. It can be listened to on podcast.
Lenore: I am Lenore Skenazy, the author of the book, and the founder of the movement, "Free Range Kids", a frequent guest here and a sometimes host. I'm your host today. My guest is Dan Greenberg. Dan Greenberg, got his Ph.D. in theoretical physics at Columbia University, and he went on to teach there. But that's not where he ended up. He ended up at almost at the opposite of Columbia University. For the past forty plus years he's been at the Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts. I visited Sudbury Valley, going in as kind of a skeptic but definitely curious because this is a school like none I have ever seen before or since. Welcome, Dan.
Dan: Hi. I was wondering who you were introducing there. I didn't recognize myself.
Lenore: You didn't recognize some of the credentials? How about the last name?
Dan: The last name works. I remember your visit well.
Lenore: It was fantastic for me. I actually have some little videos on my phone that I still use to show people what an amazing school it is. What makes it different from your average grammar school, middle school, or high school, because it's all of them, right?
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Thank you for your ongoing support. With
your help
, we will make learner-centered alternatives available to everyone!
In Service,
Jerry Mintz
Executive Director
Alternative Education Resource Organization
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