AERO Conference in 3 Days!
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Peter Gray at last year's conference in Portland |
We now have over 30 people going on the cruise around Manhattan on Wednesday in a pre-conference event. What a way to kick off the conference!
There are many ways you can still join the upcoming
AERO Conference. You can simply
register at the regular $300 rate for the 5 day conference. It is at LIU/Post Campus in Brookville, NY and goes from the evening of Wednesday the 2nd through Sunday afternoon on the 6th.
If you've looked at the schedule you have seen that this year's program is really spectacular. Don't miss it!
The 14th AERO Conference will be from August 3-6 at LIU/Post Campus, Brookville, NY.
At this point we have people coming from 22 states and the countries of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the Dominican Republic, Switzerland and Taiwan. States attending so far are CT, CA, DC, FL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI. WV
You can see the list of organizations attending the conference here.
Some planned events:
*Cruise around Manhattan, 2 1/2 hours, 101 sights. We now have enough for the group rate, $35 per person, $29 for children, 1:30 August 2.
*Two documentaries during registration Wednesday evening registration Screenagers and The Moving Child.
*Thursday, August 3, seven TED-like minitalks!
*Thursday 10:3)) AM, unschooling keynote by Dayna Martin.
*6-7:30 Thursday: School's Over book launch, dessert special, networking
*7:30 Thursday Adler Yang documentary, If There is a Reason to Study
*Friday 6 PM, MET founder Dennis Littky
*Saturday Lunchtime Keynote, 12:15, film maker German Doin, South American alternatives
*7 PM Saturday, keynote , author Jonathan Kozol followed by Gray interviewing Kozol
*Sunday 9:30, minority homeschooling expert Akiela Richards
*Sunday 10:30-12 John Gatto keynote will be read.
Please start sending us questions now for John Gatto to answer in advance.
John is writing again and has recently published two new books, but he has not delivered a keynote since his stroke several years ago.
Workshops:
In addition there will be 35 workshops as well as other spontaneous ones. exhibition tables, a Mine Craft server, child care, and other special activities.
Also, there is c
ontinuing education and graduate credit available from Antioch University
Register for the AERO Conferencer now HERE.
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BRINGING AN OLD IDEA OF A.S. NEILL'S BACK TO LIFE: REWARDING BAD BEHAVIOR TO CURE IT
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Some of you who know about Summerhill might remember that A.S. Neill, Summerhill's founder, used to reward kids who stole. He believed that those children were really, unconsciously, trying to get love through this behavior. By satisfying the unconscious need, by rewarding it and thus showing his approval/love, he observed that children soon lost interest in this behavior.
As an educator and psychotherapist, I have never used rewards and punishments because I believe that they are tools that adults use to control and manipulate children, they do not consider what the child is needing underneath the behavior, they do not support the development of problem-solving skills, and because they destroy intrinsic motivation.
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MCAET Talks: Aaron Eden, Education Transformation Catalyst |
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Ed: Aaron Eden will be a presenter at the upcoming AERO conference this week!
MCAET Talks: Aaron Eden, Education Transformation Catalyst |
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The Complex History of School Choice
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By Andrew J. Rotherham
Even by the standards of the teachers unions' "burn the village to save it" approach to maintaining political power, it was a remarkably cynical ploy: In a speech last week, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten called school vouchers the "only slightly more polite cousins of segregation." It wasn't an offhand remark, but rather a
calculated escalation of the school choice fight and an appeal designed to address politics within her union.
Given the current climate on race in America, it was Trumpian in its naked political opportunism. It also wasn't entirely wrong in its history. Too many school choice supporters suffer from a Trumpian historical amnesia about one aspect of school voucher history.
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School Starter Course Still Has Openings |
The school starter course is limited to 25 students or groups and will close when we reach that number. AERO has helped start over 100 alternatives. Click on the course to see a map of them.
You can now enroll in this year's
School Starters Online Course. If you register now we will immediately give you the benefits of the between courses
School Starter Consultation Program, usually $300. You will have full access to last year's course, seeing all the resources and sections. This will get you well ready for the official course in September. At that point the Consultation Program ends, We then start opening up one section at a time and guide you through the interactive process of starting a new alternative.
Register for the course
here.
Reply to this e news if you have specific questions.
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AERO helped Start Pono, in Manhattan. They can be visited on Wednesday morning and will present at the AERO Conference |
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Links and Calendar
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Links
Ongoing
Calendar
- APDEC, August 1-5, 2017, Tokyo, Japan
- AERO Conference, August 2-7, 2017, Long Island, NY
- EUDEC, August 19-27, 2017, Paris, France
- More than Mindfulness Conference, October 6-7, 2017, Ashville, NC
Please send us feedback on this issue. also, we would like to have more articles written by AERO members and about AERO school and organizations.
Thank you for your ongoing support. With
your help
, we will make learner-centered alternatives available to everyone!
In Service,
Jerry Mintz
Executive Director
Alternative Education Resource Organization
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