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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Educating Solutionaries for Resilience and Joy

Posted on September 9, 2011 by zoeweil

My friend, Kathleen Skerrett, the new Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Richmond, gave a speech at a university colloquy last month. For my blog post today, I wanted to share this moving, powerful, wise speech. Here’s a brief excerpt: “The generation we are teaching will reach maturity in a world that [...]

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Returning to School: Education for a Livable Planet

Posted on September 5, 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 “Returning to School: Education for a Livable Planet”: “Students and teachers are returning to school. I know few in either group who are genuinely excited at the prospect. This is a travesty [...]

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Teaching: The Greatest Responsibility and Opportunity

Posted on August 26, 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 “Teaching: The Greatest Responsibility and Opportunity”: “In 1987 I taught several week-long humane education courses to twelve-year-olds in a summer program offered at the University of Pennsylvania. I’ve spoken about the experience [...]

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