All News Tagged 'education' (15)

The Whidbey GeoDome Earth Portal at the Seattle World's Fair 50th Anniversary Celebration…

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In our Sports Coaching Project, Jens Lehmann and a team of experts will teach our Fellows how to use sports coaching to engage young people and help them to build their confidence, learn to work in a team or even work towards overcoming divisions between different groups in their society. Starting April 2012, the Fellows will learn how to coach children and teenagers and how to get their own youth sports project off the ground. The learnings will…

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In the Engage in Conservation Project, 12 Fellows from all around the world will learn from their Project Friend Dr. Jane Goodall and other experts how to encourage and motivate young people worldwide to take action for biodiversity. Starting January 2012, they will spend 2 months in Hamburg, developing a group project that young people worldwide can implement to learn about conservation and…

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Risky? Natural? Is it in my interest? A matter of choice? Is it crazy?

Do you wish you had time to discuss the values of empathy, respect, non-violence and compassion with the students at high school?

 

Take part in isitcrazy.com, a real life blog for 13 to 19 year olds.

 

If you're a teacher, with just two hours, including preparation, you are invited to take part in the isitcrazy teen blog between now and 13th…

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How is Seattle Resilience-Building Compassion in Action?

I see connections between the Compassionate Action of loving our neighbors and finding out who they are and what they are good at, and the fun stuff happening at 'SCALLOPS' groups (e.g.… Continue

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In November of 2009, 90 retired U.S. military leaders, including former NATO Supreme Commander General Wesley Clark, 2 former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 6 other 4-star generals and admirals, announced their plans to cultivate another demographic to fight future imperial wars — pre-schoolers. According to Rear Admiral Barnett, “Our national security in the year 2030 is absolutely dependent on what’s going…

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I'm just a little confused, here...



One of the main foci listed by the Compassionate Action Network as its raison d'etre, is to change our world by raising compassionate children (actually, I think children are pretty much compassionate by nature - its we grownups who have forgotten or buried that quality in ourselves, but that's another discussion)...



And what we have going on in public education all around this country,… Continue

Power to and of the People... maybe the Seattle School Board will listen to its constituents this time... Read and sign here (and pass the word along - we'd love at least 500 signatures by June 16th, when we're presenting this to the Board):

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?S3B62010&1

The Seattle public school community has had enough - three years of expensive chaos and incompetence under Dr Goodloe Johnson and its time for her to go.



Well, its been four days since we set up our Declaration of No Confidence in Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson online, asking people to read and to sign...



http://www.petitiononline.com/S3B62010/petition.html



And word of mouth and media publicity… Continue

Parents, teachers, students, community begin to unite in their criticism of Seattle Superintendent of Public Schools (and Broad Foundation lackey) Marie Goodloe Johnson....



Ballard High School school teachers pass no confidence vote... …



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Concerned Seattle Public School parents, teachers, students and community members will be marching on and rallying at the John Stanford Center (downtown Seattle) in the early evening on Wednesday 2 June, to pressure the School Board not to add another year to the Superintendent's contract, nor to give her a bonus...



For details re the Superintendent's incompetence, see here: …

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Lovely to receive this lighthearted and funny recognition for my work as a woman, a mother and a social justice activist, focusing on womens' and childrens' issues, ending domestic violence and on preserving quality public education...… Continue

I don't know how many of you are following what's happening in public education nationally, but there's an education reform agenda being implemented that is not at all compassionate and not at all in the best interests of the children of this country. Indeed, research suggests this reform will be harmful to all children and particularly to already disadvantaged low income communities, especially children of color and will over a short period of time…

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"Empathy cannot be taught. It has to be caught."

- Mary Gordon, Roots of Empathy Founder



In December 2009, Mary Gordon spoke at Seattle's Town Hall about her global evidence-based classroom program called Roots of Empathy. Its mission is to build caring, peaceful, and civil societies – child by child – through the development of empathy in children.



In the Roots of Empathy program, a family brings a young baby into the classroom and the students sit around a green… Continue