Global Village Voice

We haven’t had a chance to read this yet, but it looks interesting and it’s free!

The book is called Teaching as an Act of Love: Thoughts and Recollections of a Former Teacher, Principal and Kid, written by Richard Lakin.  Here’s a brief description:

“The 55 thought-provoking, humorous and heartwarming pieces in this collection are geared to teachers, principals, parents, and all those concerned with making schools more loving and effective. It presents a close look at a school staff working together to create a caring and challenging learning environment where children come first, as well as at a real partnership between school and home.”
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At an age when most students are finishing college and considering graduate school, Alex Pyron will receive his Ph.D. in Biology. In addition, the 22-year-old Georgia native, whose field is evolutionary biology, has already been working as an NSF Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at SUNY–Stony Brook (he qualified for his Ph.D. last fall when he was 21) and recently accepted a faculty position at George Washington University.

How did this happen so fast?

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If you are an educator passionate about building a just and sustainable world through education, join us for a summer institute at our facility on the beautiful coast of Maine! Or…..participate from the comfort of your own home!

The Institute for Humane Education is offering two dynamic, hands-on summer institutes designed to deepen your understanding of the interconnected issues of environmental preservation, animal protection, human rights, and media & culture, and teach you how to inspire students to be leaders for a sustainable world. Our summer institutes will challenge you to think creatively and critically about integrating global issues into your classrooms and communities, preparing you to enliven your teaching and add even greater depth and relevancy to your curricula – regardless of the grade you teach, the educational setting, or the subject areas in which you specialize.

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Global Village School will be celebrating its’ 10th anniversary on Saturday, May 22 from 1-4pm at the Global Village office.  Stop by the office at 207 N. Ventura St. in Ojai.   There will be food, live music, good company, and the new K8 “Whole Child, Healthy Planet” curriculum will be on display.  We hope you can make it!

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In addition to core subjects, an innovative distance learning school teaches children to respect and care for the environment while encouraging nonviolence, peace and justice.

Ojai, CA April 20, 2010 — In celebration of Earth Day (April 22), Global Village School, a leader in distance learning through homeschooling, is proud to announce its new K-8 Whole Child, Healthy Planet curriculum. This innovative approach in education features a learning styles-centered program, focusing on engaging the whole child with an emphasis on diversity and developmental stages.

The school’s new K-8 curriculum guides are centered on the four core principles of the Earth Charter: (1) Respect and Care for the Community of Life (2) Ecological Integrity (3) Social & Economic Justice (4) Democracy, Nonviolence, Peace and Diversity.

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