Real World Education

Meaningful learning isn't about memorizing facts. It flourishes in the context of people and everyday life, and happens in and beyond the classroom.

Visual Learning: Are You Really What You Wear?

posted Mar 26, 2010

With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). In this case it's all about a different image of Iran.

10 Little and Big Things You Can Do

by Annie Leonard

posted Dec 23, 2009

There is no one simple thing to do to change our consumption patterns, because the set of problems we’re addressing just isn’t simple. But everyone can make a difference, and the bigger your action the bigger the difference you’ll make.

Rethinking Schools

posted Sep 22, 2009

Like YES! Magazine, Rethinking Schools strives to be both visionary and practical. We are delighted to share three of many lesson plans from Rethinking Schools that get to the heart of a real-world education.

Three Cups of Tea

posted Dec 17, 2008

In Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time, Greg Mortenson, and journalist David Oliver Relin, take you on a journey that begins with a climber’s failed attempt to scale Pakistan’s K2 and follows with his repaying a poor Pakistani village that nursed him back to health by building them a school.

Addressing Guatemala’s Educational Crisis

by Ryan Richards

posted Mar 10, 2008

The Miguel Angel Asturias Academy offers a model for reforming Guatemala’s education system. Scholarships and low general tuition rates make the Academy accessible to even the poorest families. The curriculum combines strong academic fundamentals with training in leadership and human rights issues.

Voyager Students Say Yes! to the Earth Charter

by Andy Davey

posted Jul 24, 2007

This past year, 1st – 6th grade students at Voyager Montessori school eagerly saved enough pennies and dimes to fund two free teacher subscriptions to YES! Magazine. Find out how YES! inspired them to bring to life values of social justice.