Lifelong Learning

What do you need to know and how will you learn it?

Rewriting Education for the Real World

posted Dec 19, 2010

Video: The Environmental Charter High School is making an impact on students, the community, and the planet.

Relearning the Skills of Community

by Sarah Byrnes

posted Dec 01, 2010

How members of Common Security Clubs help each other relearn how to live in community.

A Sit-In Success Story

by Micah Uetricht

posted Nov 18, 2010

Parents in a low-income Chicago neighborhood endured a 43-day sit-in to get a library for their children.

Not Your Grandfather’s Retirement

posted Nov 11, 2010

Meet 10 people over 60 who are combining their experience and passion for social good.

Reducing Our Speed

posted Nov 10, 2010

Video: Why do we call life a journey and rush through it like it’s a race with a prize at the end?

My Kids Eat Snails

by Shannon Hayes

posted Nov 04, 2010

Radical homemaker Shannon Hayes: When standardized curricula fall short, food can teach the values I want my kids to learn.

Bring on the Learning Revolution!

posted Oct 15, 2010

In a sequel to his talk on how schools kill creativity, Sir Ken Robinson urges society to create schools where kids’ natural talents are recognized and nurtured.

Stories That Light Up The Dark

by Sanjay Khanna

posted Sep 17, 2010

The experiences of our ancestors offer us wisdom for surviving today's crises.

DIY Education: How to Start a Freeskool

by Lily Gershon

posted Sep 16, 2010

Who defines what schools are or what they teach? Why not you?

On Facing Judgment

by Shannon Hayes

posted Aug 17, 2010

Live radically, and you’ll inevitably face the judgment of others. For Shannon Hayes, loving unconditionally is the antidote.

Can You Teach Emotional Intelligence?

by Katherine Gustafson

posted Jul 22, 2010

The Secretary of Education isn't the only one who thinks so. Behind the growing movement for social and emotional learning.

The Wisdom of the Mulla

by Sheikh Jamal Rahman

posted Jul 16, 2010

The well-loved trickster from Islamic folklore reminds us to trust, laugh, and be honest with ourselves.

Every Teacher a Peace Teacher

by David Jackson Cook

posted Jun 29, 2010

At the heart of new Peace Studies programs is the declaration that nonviolence, peace, and justice are not utopian dreams but real and practical ways in which humans can affect the world around them.

Update: Post-Prison Garden Project Grows Earth Stewards

by Berit Anderson

posted Jun 25, 2010

Ten years ago YES! Magazine reported on Cathrine Sneed and her Garden Project. Today there are 37 Earth Stewards and seven full-time Garden Project employees.

DIY U

by Andrée Collier Zaleska

posted May 19, 2010

As the price of college skyrockets, a new book looks to "edupunk" alternatives.