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21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020

This piece is from Shelly Blake-Plock, the head of the Seattle Girls School.

Last night I read and posted the clip on '21 Things That Became Obsolete…

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Added by Dale Nienow on May 9, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

At Last: The Good Story Poem

Howdy All, so it's been forever and a day and I have been sitting on this poem and continually forgetting to post this. From our gathering in Utah in October, the poem - A Good Story. Thanks to all of you for your patience! :)

A GOOD STORY

by Lee Francis IV

It is the story of stories

the poem, the song

the wisdom of family…

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Added by Lee Francis on March 24, 2011 at 12:21pm — 3 Comments

A Call to Women's Organizations Associated with Peacebuilding and Philanthropy

The following 9 page article is a late addition to The IPCR Journal/Newsletter (Winter 2010-2011 issue) (58 pages)—which is accessible for free at the website of The IPCR Initiative (at www.ipcri.net ).

The goal of this particular section of the Winter 2010-2011 issue of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter is to suggest that it would be a most visible and beneficial expression of women’s capacity for compassion and reconciliation if a coalition of…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on March 5, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Arizona’s English immersion program could be unlawful

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022211_ell_arizona

Added by Gayle E. de'Sousa Warner on February 25, 2011 at 3:53pm — No Comments

Never before has a generation of human beings had such opportunities (draft)

[Note: This post is a draft of an outreach letter which would be included with a cover letter in an IPCR outreach package. Each cover letter will be specially written for the person it will be directed to. The outreach effort may start going out in a few weeks. If there are readers who would be willing to make comments, suggestions, recommendations, etc. on the content of this letter, so I could make improvements, I would very much appreciate the assistance.]

Beginning…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on February 16, 2011 at 7:27pm — No Comments

Tucson, a town plagued by violence

Tucson has been settled several times over the last 12,000 years and has the feel of a small town. The town has been influenced by many settlers over the years and has roots from the Native American, Mexican, Spanish and…

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Added by Gayle E. de'Sousa Warner on January 31, 2011 at 8:17pm — 1 Comment

IPCR Journal/Newsletter (Winter 2010-2011) features “Multiplier Effect” paper and new PRORI concept

There is a new resource available from The IPCR Initiative--The IPCR Journal/Newsletter (Winter 2010-2011 issue). This 58 page issue features a most comprehensive introduction to The IPCR Initiative (a 11 page paper titled “The IPCR Initiative: Creating a Multiplier Effect of a Positive Nature”), and parts of a work-in-progress on a concept called “Peace Returned on Resources Invested” (PRORI). A free pdf file is accessible at the website of The Interfaith Peacebuilding and…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on January 17, 2011 at 5:00pm — No Comments

School as Organizer: Boycotting the 8th Grade NYC Math Test

It was 1992 and testing was just becoming significant in a school’s evaluation. I was principal of Crossroads, a 82% Title l West Harlem middle school of students of color, many of whom were second language learners and many of whose parents were undocumented.

In 1991 Crossroads teachers had studied the New York State tests and, with an item analysis, noted where our students had done well and poorly. We noted that many wrong answers were due to lack of familiarity with background… Continue

Added by Ann Wiener on January 5, 2011 at 5:35pm — 2 Comments

American Indian Community in Minneapolis Envisions a Prosperous Future

The Native American Development Institute in Minneapolis, MN released an innovative publication this year with the commencement of American Indian Month in May 2010. Since then, the community has been working with the American Indian Community Blueprint, a visual tool that has come together after 5 years of focus groups spent in the Twin Cities American Indian Community. The beautiful blueprint illustrates the American Indian community as self sufficient, promoting spiritual wellbeing, and… Continue

Added by Deanna Rae StandingCloud on December 30, 2010 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

President Obama Announces Members of the White House Council for Community Solutions

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order establishing the White House Council for Community Solutions. The Council will provide advice to the President on the best ways to mobilize citizens, nonprofits, businesses and government to work more effectively together to solve specific community needs.

The President also announced his intent to appoint the following…

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Added by Dale Nienow on December 15, 2010 at 9:03am — No Comments

Check out Excelencia! in Education

Excelencia! in Education, led by Sarita Brown, is an organization offering valuable resources and information related to boosting Latino educational performance. Check out their Web site at www.edexcelencia.org. Their latest report, Florida Policy Options to Accelerate Latino Student Success in Higher Education, offers research-based policy recommendations aimed at improving the educational attainment of Florida's workforce, with a…

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Added by Cheryl D. Fields on December 13, 2010 at 9:59am — No Comments

Kalamazoo community leads the way

Thanks to Kwesi Rollins for sharing this story from the Washington Post.…

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Added by steve stapleton on December 7, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Salish Kootenai College in the New York Times

Beautiful article about the sharing of land and the honoring of another's culture.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/us/01monks.html?_r=1&hpw

Added by Melissa Hamasaki on November 1, 2010 at 12:01pm — No Comments

Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience

This week I have been participating in a week long seminar Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). It is an essential training for anyone working in communities who come from or experience trauma. The training falls under the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at EMU. CJP has two divisions: Conflict Transformation MA program and the Practice and Training Institute which is the applied practice and research arm in CJP. These programs… Continue

Added by Victor Jose Santana on October 29, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Time Magazine article on Evaluating School Leaders

I thought this article might spark some conversation regarding the subject of evaluation processes for school leaders. It is not very long, but points to a recent study done on the topic and references some schools near communities involved with the Community Learning Exchange.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2026632,00.html

Please share your thoughts.

Added by steve stapleton on October 26, 2010 at 12:21pm — 3 Comments

When Indigenous People Lead

It was around 4am when I wiggled awake from an alreadey light sleep. I found myself first hazily aware of my surroundings, yet, in an instant, locked in a reality I was not familiar with. Squeaky springs of a single bottom bunk mattress held my body suspended about a foot above the floor. Four layers of thick wool blankets lay stacked upon my body covering me from the neck down. I was also protected with a warm, knitted sweater, a lengthy skirt I only wear during ceremony, and moccasins that… Continue

Added by Deanna Rae StandingCloud on October 3, 2010 at 10:26pm — 2 Comments

New Report: How to Develop and Support Leadership that Contributes to Racial Justice

Leadership programs can help solve racial inequalities in access to education, healthcare, income and wealth, but many current approaches to leadership development actually maintain and promote racial inequalities. The report, How to Develop and Support Leadership that Contributes to Racial Justice, suggests that a large number of leadership programs associate leadership with equal opportunity and individualism. This…

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Added by Natalia Castaneda on September 14, 2010 at 10:24am — No Comments

The Future of Leadership Devlopment: Groups, Networks, Partnerships

Here is a short but great article arguing that Collective Leadership methods are the "future of leadership development."

It is written by Claire Reinelt of Leadership Learning Community

Whether we seek to eliminate health disparities or prepare all children to enter school ready to learn, we do not have the leadership we need.

The heroic model of leadership blinds us to the fact that untapped

leadership potential exists… Continue

Added by steve stapleton on August 27, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Healing the wounds of the past

This is an article from the Seattle Times newspaper about how descendants, 4 and 5 generations past, gathered to apologize, ask forgiveness, and create healing from the harm done by the signing of the Point Elliott Treaty in 1855 which ceded Native American Land in exchange for Reservations and fishing rights.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012698328_tribe23.html

There are… Continue

Added by steve stapleton on August 23, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments