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A Pedagogy of Belonging

Former students of the Liberty Partnership Program reflect on how trust and community shaped their education and lives, highlighting the lasting impact of belonging.

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Why I Became an Educator

A story of three teachers who encouraged me to think, imagine, and connect with the world, inspiring me to become a teacher too.

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27 Ways of Looking at Leading

Axioms for the Post Pandemic World – Leading now demands humility, resilience, and integrity, balancing joy, diligence, and learning from failures.

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Youthwise #2

Youthwise is a collage of sound bites from interviews with the first Liberty Partnership cohort, gathered from 1993-96 and shared nearly 40 years later.

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Youthwise #1

The voices of young people matter. Especially when we make the time for them to be heard. They can possess the trenchancy of lived insight and authentic wisdom.

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The Future of Learning: A letter to Learnlife

The future of learning isn’t confined to white papers or traditional schools. It can be, and maybe it must. But for now, I believe it thrives and evolves at Learnlife’s Urban and Eco Hubs.

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Laughter and Learning

There’s lots of work and talk these days about social and emotional learning — about the need for resiliency, grit, and determination. The mental health crisis amongst students and teachers is real.

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A Re-Evolutionary Glossary

A beginner’s guide for the language it will take to refashion schools as joyous sites of connection and community. A democratic glossary for reawakening a world made safe by kindness and the wholesale rejection of its madness…

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