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The Power of "Why?"
by Andrea Batista Schlesingerposted Sep 09, 2009 - Students in Hampton, Virginia, and Brooklyn, New York, learn that asking questions is more powerful than memorizing answers.
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Radical Acts of Education
posted Sep 09, 2009 - Meet our pick of organizations and strategies that foster life-long learning and personal growth while teaching age-old and brand-new skills.
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Life's Best Lessons are Outside the Classroom
by Daniel Firesideposted Sep 09, 2009 - Students find real-world solutions when they learn from their community, not just their textbooks.
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Kids Take Charge of School
by Madeline Ostranderposted Sep 09, 2009 - Students at the Albany Free School and its sister school for upper grades, Harriet Tubman Democratic School, decide how and what to learn.
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Grounded Learning
by Ron Millerposted Sep 09, 2009 - Why educator Ron Miller is turning to soil, water, sunshine, and greens.
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Teens Talk to 90-Somethings
by Sean Roseposted Sep 09, 2009 - Teens in Rabun County, Georgia, are tapping into the memories of 90-year-olds in an effort to protect the culture of southern Appalachia.
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Santa Fe Tells Its Stories
by Heather Purserposted Sep 09, 2009 - The Academy for the Love of Learning created El Otro Lado (“the other side” in Spanish), a citywide public art project that encourages people to learn about one another.
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Parents Learn to Listen
by Sean Roseposted Sep 09, 2009 - The Morningside Center offers workshops in more than 60 New York City schools to equip parents to understand their children’s emotions.
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Udaipur Hands Down Skills
by Lynsi Burtonposted Sep 09, 2009 - Shikshantar believes anyone can be a teacher and when people collaborate, they can develop a “culture of learning.”
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Seniors Find More to Learn
by Sean Roseposted Sep 09, 2009 - Retirement doesn’t have to be merely time off; it can be a time to gain new skills or find rewarding ways to give back to your community.
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Parker Palmer: Know Yourself, Change Your World
by Sarah van Gelderposted Sep 09, 2009 - An interview with Parker J. Palmer
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Take Back Your Education
by John Taylor Gattoposted Sep 09, 2009 - More and more people are waking up to the mismatch between what is taught in schools and what we need to know. What can you do about it?
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Reinvent Yourself, Reinvent the World
by Sarah van Gelderposted Sep 09, 2009 - Editor's introduction to Learn as You Go, the Fall 2009 issue of YES!
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Volunteers Teach Healing Arts
by Louise Dunlapposted Sep 09, 2009 - Inspired by Paulo Freire’s work in the 1960s, Capacitar International teaches practices such as tai chi, acupressure and mindfulness, to volunteers. They then teach those skills in traumatized communities in places like Guatemala, Israel, Palestine, Rwanda, and Ireland.
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Citizen Scientists Learn from Flowers
by Heather Purserposted Sep 09, 2009 - People across the country are learning what plants say about global warming.
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