Audio & Video: Educating for Humanity

Eva Ravenwood has been interviewing me on BlogTalkRadio about my book, Educating for Humanity: Rethinking the Purposes of Education. She goes chapter by chapter. Open these audio files in the pop-up window.
Session #1-I talk about the introduction to the book and a general overview. 
Session #2-I talk about the chapter in my book where I interview [...]

Presence and Teaching

When I wrote a poem about presence and teaching, I had just come from a 30-day retreat at Spirit Rockmeditation center.  I was tired from driving eight hours from the Bay area up to Eugene where I stopped for the night at a motel, but felt such an incredible energy and peace it was hard to sleep. I [...]

Schools that Limit or Liberate our Children

 
 
 
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A hierarchical (left) vs. democratic classroom setup.                                           
How do we know if our children are getting the kind of education that is worthy of the special gifts each child comes into the world with? Let’s [...]