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The Power of Humane Education

Posted on January 27, 2012 by zoeweil

Image courtesy of soot+chalk via Creative Commons. For my blog post today, I’m sharing a recent post I wrote for Care2.com, an online community for people passionate about creating a better world. Here’s an excerpt from “The Power of Humane Education”: “It really doesn’t take much to ignite a passion for good among youth and [...]

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Teaching: The Most Noble Profession

Posted on December 30, 2011 by zoeweil

For my final blog post of 2011, I thought I’d repost my most widely-read essay of the year: “Teaching: The Most Noble Profession,” that was published on Common Dreams.org, a progressive news site. Here’s a short excerpt: “Teachers are the agents of the future. Will our world be populated by people ready and able to [...]

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Embracing the Adage “To Whom Much is Given, Much is Expected”

Posted on December 28, 2011 by zoeweil

Take a look at this 4-minute video, It Only Takes a Girl: This video is a reminder to me that I have the luxury to critique the educational system in my country and to advocate for changes in our approach to schooling largely because, despite the flaws in my own education, I was, in fact, [...]

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Teaching for a Positive Future

Posted on November 9, 2011 by zoeweil

At the Institute for Humane Education (IHE) we’re in the midst of our 6-week online course, Teaching for a Positive Future. During the course, educators complete exercises every other day that help them to bring humane education issues to their students, at whatever level and in whatever venue they teach. They watch short films, explore [...]

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Don’t Wait for Supermen: Foster Solutionaries

Posted on November 2, 2011 by zoeweil

For my blog post today, I’m sharing a recent post I wrote for Common Dreams, a progressive news site. Here’s an excerpt from Don’t Wait for Supermen: Foster Solutionaries: “Three things happened this year in the world of education reform. The controversial documentary films Waiting for Superman and Race to Nowhere came out and became widely viewed [...]

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What We Can Learn From Finland’s Educational System

Posted on October 24, 2011 by zoeweil

At the TEDxDirigo conference in September, I had the pleasure of hearing Alan Lishness’ excellent talk, “Indigenous Innovation: How Small Places Can Change the World.” Eventually I’ll be posting a longer piece I have written about Finland’s educational system and what it can teach us about solving our own schooling challenges. In the meantime, enjoy [...]

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Authentic Patriotism

Posted on October 19, 2011 by zoeweil

I just watched a fantastic TEDx talk by Stephen Kiernan on “Authentic Patriotism” (also the title of his book which I will be reading). He echoes so much of what we at the Institute for Humane Education teach. Enjoy: For a humane world, Zoe Weil, President, Institute for Humane Education Author of Most Good, Least [...]

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A Case for Humane Education

Posted on September 30, 2011 by zoeweil

As my blog post today, I want to share humane educator, Tim Donohue’s, excellent essay in Independent Teacher, “A Case for Humane Education.” Here’s an excerpt; enjoy!: Against a student’s slate of classes that includes Hamlet’s potential suicide, the Holocaust, entropy, La Biographie de Robespierre, and the rules of trapezoids, humane education allows students to [...]

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iSchool? Why There’s No Technological Fix to Ailing Education: iPads for Kindergartners is Not a Good Idea

Posted on September 21, 2011 by zoeweil

Image courtesy of Ian Eure via Creative Commons. For my blog post today, I’m sharing a recent post I wrote for Common Dreams, a progressive news site. Here’s an excerpt from “iSchool? Why There’s No Technological Fix to Ailing Education: iPads for Kindergartners is Not a Good Idea“: “At a recent conference, I met a [...]

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Homage to Teachers

Posted on September 12, 2011 by zoeweil

For my blog post today, I simply want to share an essay from the New York Times by Charles Blow that was published on Sept. 2. Blow says it all so well. Here is a brief excerpt: “Since it’s back-to-school season across the country, I wanted to celebrate a group that is often maligned: teachers. [...]

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