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Dear AERO Reader,

Three New Ted-Style Presenters for AERO Conference!

We have some great, new TED-style speakers to announce this week!

John Williams will come from Portland to do a special presentation about life coaching of students. His talk is called: Agency in Academic Life Coaching and Democratic Education

Dr. Gina Riley will do an important presentation about research into unschooing. Gina Riley, is an educational psychologist and Clinical Professor/Clinical Coordinator of the Adolescent Special Education at CUNY - Hunter College.
Her talk is called: Homeschooling and Unschooling Research: Why it Matters

Mark Jacobs, Founder/Director of Longview School will make a fascinating presentation about how his school has gone through various transitions which include a Sudbury approach, democratic education, more structured education, etc.
His talk is called: Every School Should Have Its Own Model: Longview’s Journey: From Academics to a Sudbury School Back to Academics Again

They will join three other speakers already announced:

Ken Danford. the Executive Director and Co-Founder of  North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens

Maysaa Bazna, founder of Pono , a democratic outdoor urban school in Harlem, New York City.

Josh Lafazan , who won a seat on his school board as an 18 year old and is now the youngest Nassau County Legislator.

Check out all the details of this year's exciting TED-style speakers HERE

I f you missed the powerful podcast about children and nutrition by one of this year's keynoters, Dr. Joel Fuhrman, click HERE to listen to it.

Don't miss this AERO conference, in New York for the 4th and last time.

Register Now For the Last New York AERO Conference Before the Conference Price Increase! Contact us Directly for Special Arrangements!

The price of registration will go up as we get closer to the conference, June 28-July 1 at LIU/Post Campus. .

The registration rate for the AERO Conference is $250 , eventually to go up to $350. We now have a special rate for low income attendees of $200 , and another good choice is to get a package deal of registration and a single room or shared room in the dorms at Long Island University/Post. The student rate is still only $175 , and this includes college and university students. The rate for children under 12 is $100 , including childcare. Contact us directly for any special needs' group rates or to volunteer. Call 516 621-2195, reply to this e mail, or write to JerryAERO@AOL.com. Contact us about graduate or continuing education credits.

See new workshop posts  here .  

Click here  to see some of the the major features of this year's regular AERO Conference in June

  
You can register for the AERO Conference  HERE . A  deposit  can hold this rate. Deposit option ends April 30.
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Read the story here .
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