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The village is volunteering to educate the child
Filed Under "At-risk" students, Goals, Teacher Support, motivating students
It takes a village to raise a child. We’ve probably all heard that said many times before. I feel that educating a child also takes the village. Teachers in their classrooms can’t do it alone. There’s just not enough time to give all students the one- on -one attention they deserve. Teachers need help from the community, from the village, and thankfully many people do volunteer their time and talents to help kids learn in and out of school. For that teachers and kids are grateful because we really do need the help.
I’d like to share a video with you that @wfryer via Twitter brought to my attention about what some communities are doing to educate their children. “Dave Eggers: 2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School”.
You’ll be blown away by what you’ll see and hear- talk about thinking outside the box about ways to engage kids to learn. It’s absolutely amazing. I encourage you to go to Once Upon a School after you have viewed the video to take up the challenge with the practical ideas that people have shared.
Let me just tell you a bit about Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers’ first book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Since then he’s written two more novels and launched an independent publishing house, which publishes books, a quarterly literary journal (McSweeney’s), a DVD-based review of short films (Wholpin), a monthly magazine (The Believer) and the Voice of Witness project.
Meanwhile, Eggers has established himself as a philanthropist and teacher-at-large. In 1998 he launched 826 Valencia, a San Francisco-based writing and tutoring lab for young people, which has since opened six more chapters across the United States. He has extended his advocacy of students by supporting their educators, instituting a monthly grant for exceptional Bay Area teachers. His TED Prize wish is for more people to follow him into getting involved in your local school — and talk about it — through the website
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Elona - this post excites me! I just made a promise to turn off the computer to get some other things done, but I am saving this post to return to when I allow myself to turn it back on.
Do you know about this school?
http://nacaschool.org/
It was begun with this question:
How can we begin to impact public education to embrace the future while sustaining our identities, culture and traditions?
It all gives me chills.
be back soon.