Spirit of Ma'at Vol 1, No 10: Table of Contents

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Vol 1, No 10

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Spirit of Ma'at Vol 1, No 10 "New Concepts in Education"

EDITORIAL: Our Educational System — How Did We Get Here? Where Are We Going? Our schools have been living in the past, but there's new hope.

Educational Renaissance: It's Happening Now Our research has brought up some surprising facts and trends. It all boils down to the probability of a total transformation in how we learn.

John Taylor Gatto: The Most Famous Teacher in the World Always outspoken, often outrageous, Gatto tells why ''government'' schools turn out kids who can't read — and how it all began. After reading this, you may never be the same.

Bronnikov Update — Developing Genius Abilities In an update to our October issue, Kostya Kovalenko introduced you to the Bronnikov Method, teaching the blind to ''see.'' This is about his work in new education.

Global Education — A Paradigm Based in Interconnectedness Marie Lardino, M.Ed., a long-time activist for this new approach to creating world-consciousness in the learning environment, runs a school dedicated to these principles.

Fanning the Flames — An Adventure Into Homeschooling Is this best for you and your child? Dianne Flynn Keith takes you through what's involved.

Democracy in Action: The Sudbury School Through informants' articles and interviews, our managing editor brings you the Sudbury school — a touchstone for what freedom means in a learning environment and how amazingly well it works!

Free At Last! The Sudbury Valley School

A Sudbury graduate and current staff member tells us what it's like to experience freedom and dignity on the campus of Sudbury Valley School.

A Sudbury staff member's eloquent paen to freedom.

A Child's Right to Pursue Happiness

This article will shock and inspire you. Larry Weshon founded Sudbury-model Alpine Valley School for his children. You can, too.

A Parent's-Eye View of Life at Alpine School

Connie Mann has four children at Alpine Valley, a Sudbury-model school. She and her husband moved to Colorado to give her children this opportunity.

Oh, So You're Sort of Like...

Comparing the Sudbury model to other alternatives, with a reading list of books on the Sudbury experience.

A Day in the Life of Waldorf School, or ''I Wish I Were a Kid Again!'' You will love this first-person account of what school could have been like, if only...

Summerhill: Where Children Are Seen & Heard Founder A. S. Neill believed that children require freedom and dignity if they are to express the God within.

Teaching Through Empathy This article may forever change your ideas about the natural world. Joanne Lauck, author of The Voice of the Infinite in the Small, teaches children about the natural world through role-playing..

Flow Learning: A New Teaching Phenomenon Joseph Cornell's incredibly effective teaching method has literally swept the world. With origins in the teaching of Nature to children, it is being applied to all subjects and all ages.

Peace In Our Schools — In Our Time! A fascinating account of stunning work that's being done to transform the violence in our schools.

Indigo Angels in Public School: A Mother's Wake-up Call Jessie was only pretending to swallow her huge doses of Zoloft. This story will touch your heart — and open your options!

Children — and the Art of Sending Love A non-intrusive way to empower your child and transform your mutual relationship, by the author of Living on Love.

HeartMath Software in the Classroom The new Freeze-Framer® program helps students improve their test scores.

Emotional Intelligence (EQ): You Can Learn It John & Nicole Clark have spearheaded a drive to teach emotional intelligence to children in our school system. To teach our own children, they suggest, we must first learn it ourselves.