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Power in Partnership: How SEAs Impact School Culture
How SEAs help make policy meaningful
The Evolving Role of the State Education Agency
The ultimate goal remains: continuing to improve opportunities for student success
From Classroom Teacher to Elected Leader—It Is Possible
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Educators Running for Office—Take the Plunge
Teachers’ relational approach enables them to be successful in the political arena
Sociologist David Sikkink on Character Formation at Alternative-Pedagogy Schools
In this full-length interview, sociologist David Sikkink discusses six unconventional high schools: a Friends school, a Montessori school, a Waldorf school, an IB school, a New Tech school, and a Democratic school. We talk about:
• The surprising amount of autonomy—and even authority—given to students in these settings
• How students in alternative-pedagogy schools engage with their communities
• Why many of these schools are strongly critical of popular culture
Sociologist Jeffrey Dill on Character Formation in Homeschooling Families
In this full-length interview, sociologist Jeffrey Dill addresses issues like these:
• The broad diversity that exists among homeschoolers, from religious beliefs to motivations for choosing this lifestyle
• What it means to understand homeschooling as an “oppositional culture”
• How homeschoolers use employment and technology to augment student experiences
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