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</b><span>1) <a href="#11bfc7f6cfac33f9_1" shape="rect">Penultimate Announcement
About School Starter and Alternative History Courses, Starting September
15th</a><br>
2) <a href="#11bfc7f6cfac33f9_2" shape="rect">Report on IDEC 2008 in Vancouver, Canada</a></span></td>
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<td><b><a name="11bfc7f6cfac33f9_1" shape="rect"></a>1) Penultimate Announcement
About School Starter and Alternative History Courses, Starting September
15th</b><br>
The two online courses are gradually filling up. In the Start a School
101 we will have people who are at various stages of starting new
alternatives, or whose schools or programs have just started. Enrollees
in this course will also get several books and DVDs, and free AERO
membership and subscription to AEROstartup listserve<br>
<br>
We really don't want to turn down anyone interested in either course for
financial reasons. We are pleased to announce that we have received some
additional funding, so we can extend reduced rates for enrollees who
have financial need. Of course, if you start a private, tuition based
program or even a charter, the cost for one student would be many times
the cost of this program.<br>
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For Ron Miller's Theory and History of Educational Alternatives, this
background is crucial if you are starting a new alternative and might
well come before the School Starter course, or if you just have a great
interest in the roots of our movement. We have particular additional
financial support for this program, but you must contact us and arrange
registration right away. People who have been talking to us already have
priority but must make arrangements to enroll quickly. The courses start
on September 15th.<br>
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APPLY NOW, or get more info by replying to this e mail or by writing to
<a href="mailto:amkaero@gmail.com" shape="rect" target="_blank">amkaero@gmail.com</a> <br>
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Or guarantee yourself a place by enrolling now here:<br>
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http://www.edrev.org/onlinecourses.html</a> <br>
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In case you missed it in the last e newsletter, below is general
information on the courses:<br>
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This is the third year that AERO has been offering its Start a School
101 course and the second year we are offering the History and Theory of
Educational Alternatives Course. Note that we are spreading the courses
over a longer time period this year at the suggestion of last year's
participants.<br>
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These are some of the schools that AERO has recently helped people to
start:<br>
Brooklyn Free School, NY <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGKzb6mmNFzjzaT7kZU68J2COlQYcbg_M822IaTgXLKwj93vtGw8s_6g47hUDELSQiBj2aYPiKcgSJskLnKm_p4hclcZvyxJjQU3ts68XHH2EBIcZqZ4YctG" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.brooklynfreeschool.org/</a> <br>
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Ridge and Valley Charter School , NJ
<a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGKa_CLZ01XjKlgxsYN5YkJOk9nD3s17rSYq6sXwU8dctKdxrH5AWq5qyO37D3xt3phglARkLD3uqOkeYK1_4AE6dsziA8ZZDRyZetVmjusAFtBzBOhGEiqc" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://www.ridgeandvalley.org/</a>
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Manzanita School, CA <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGLxqoZff3BdGQIc7WgN-ngFbEqOPq8OTVNh4Qn9CwfLbvnDH2bAwCRR9oOqtrnnhh7GG5mXkY9sHMZOWiTQOaEIZs7GEMeQP-AeQCm_Fn5iRQ==" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.manzanitaslo.org/</a> <br>
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Golden Independent School, CO
<a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGJCQJkCWvisWv4fBQI7BPXgEHAO22i2mynsslqnCis5ysGyLM2465kIAnzdzSjow2R95r-RuqoQ2CYogByTPe7zVjlOnUc9pUF78Ci3aWcKahpVt7sN-r-i" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.goldenindependent.org/</a> <br>
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Wellspring School, NJ <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGJk0x1h4a9_bJYOhrENc6rc-m11XDlnJZRqRwYb5FdI0I3kepScZcVoqghMya19M94hzD2lbbIyroiaxVte0B4DE-81Gw26NFc7gjE4djyE4EBCh7m7ngXJ" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.thewellspringschool.org/</a> <br>
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Nahoon Montessori School, South Africa<br>
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Terry McArdle Free School, NJ <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGJ6cHxJRp4kpufOvBvuAqCc5zviKGWizt4GivaAHY1-BWzek8kW8piMRy5m9bqihCiBVzcPcBLU6vn4m6wevRUgJsI2UU153jWcpUrtiMDVfg==" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.tmcafs.org/</a> <br>
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Voyagers Learning Center, NJ <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGLvNXCpCMpze7bOzv_aJoh3ck0bC3MZVBC6RTnuj6WsedsHSYmKxFZ3S7s880hBcJKlnqPimeM9qRdPFew-jy3BNfNpv-HU75nu6vLIPyhaMQ==" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.voyagerskids.com/</a> <br>
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Village Free School, Or <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGI47oS_5arRCcUVz3ay3rlUPCSsrqjy-7bB3B8N3wlUCS928hJF8m7WKA20c7L_VTAWHQ1bDiPiUv1nbV9r7e7Z7yT2ef4e1rlr2Yb-aVS63gIr4CLGUDUX" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.villagefreeschool.org/home</a> <br>
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Missoula Community School, MT
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http://www.villagefreeschool.org/home</a> <br>
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Hill Country Montessori, GA
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http://www.hillcountrymontessori.org/</a> <br>
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Arch Academy, VA, <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGK27dVxfIF5isGevNc1CsLQfDEjMFPgZQR7kgYtSOQxticrA4pNG2Xg4BxOWBOFczKD5zxZAWe-ienVSKJYhxo3BKwHxQkFIsuSiirnMVaXiw==" shape="rect" target="_blank">
www.archacademy.org</a> <br>
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Celebration Education, CA <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGJWyKTcfuA3MKbRQ-POHUXkH2S2Df-c-0yH0BMAXFAGEekP-Yt-XAD8gCtQptGqeRpiBABxQncfi3Whb-7kDSs9XIEIGOWkMD55Lm_16o4FSQbScK4ft9gv" shape="rect" target="_blank">
www.CelebrationEducation.com</a> <br>
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Harriet Tubman Free School, NY <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGIDOX07_XG_SI8z7NEowtonQLZHMbrmnC6s9qyK-W51ewR5OZdYE_9_Gn7vacou8uQxyPZpHXfMnMBv9zFtq4F0q2hd5FEnJnbP0StjATg2IA==" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.tubmanschool.org</a> <br>
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Espacio A, Puerto Rico<br>
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The Discovery School, ME <a href="http://www.the-discovery-school.org" target="_blank">www.the-discovery-school.org</a><br>
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Shenendoah Valley Community School VA <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGK2R9_XGJsXCz8ypaKiXNEXXprppQ1u2gvkJKz5wumhwDw477XG1gsb2i3OWwwtW2uIW1h6ZeuKr117Udrdf66cTIypQJGcvfk=" shape="rect" target="_blank">
www.svcs.us</a> <br>
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Forest School, Canada, <a href="mailto:elementofadventure@yahoo.com" shape="rect" target="_blank">
elementofadventure@yahoo.com</a> <br>
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The Central Coast Village School <a href="http://centralcoastvillagecenter.org" target="_blank">centralcoastvillagecenter.org</a> <br>
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Wheels of Life School, WA <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGJQPx5thV6JYZj8TN5j7q5esG0hVVWMh4aIKdCkxFuyDtw96MKMVI_kjREP0p0E57uBE0Rjyz6vWEX7XGGlKyfRJg6C2kYn2MilZAIWp20UAkyTSRpKPvHg" shape="rect" target="_blank">
www.wheelsoflifeschool.com</a> <br>
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The School Without Walls, FL
<a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGLr5zzs0_stkJxb2k-Gr4mHN4tvzWaHo0Gw9Q4hJUD265Xa9pxUCkcrqYFeanxlPYKofGOSgQ4QtBgcsNAm-ZmzFh0dRo_qwZKKjDfCbBXwDvID3sMOAP4E" shape="rect" target="_blank">
www.theschoolwithoutwalls.com</a> <br>
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The Journey School and Resource Center, VT,
<a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGKmZ6eK_Pmpdjg12QbF48MaJfp7GVgBe6loudK1iZ9P6_kmsgdANEU12G_yhmC7cucm4Z1W1XvLRVnviyXw4YuMrk_UbpCqOMm1f1Wgr3XpEw==" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.thejourneyschool.com</a> <br>
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Wildwood School, BC<br>
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The Watershed Learning Center-Circleville, NY)<br>
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Ashuelot River Free School NH <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGIHhD7iFxnSru7hXF2fSjnUk7HOJ6zWKvyQNi_YuvZaQ2yAUf3JPek_ebrPQQJLUqzN7snctyL34PKUhuz-JDlTeXB2NvAVc60=" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.arfs.us</a> <br>
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The Whole School Limerick, ME<br>
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Home Life Academy, TN <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGKj5-NtNX8uLGA0tnZbfU3tuq_M97Jwv5di9QJFTsqVmuKddOWrcg-0cLBFks0q8VgpTo_7lNLaazB6t1rY6zx4UbrxiPvSqdEmQHCaqvjp6A==" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.homelifeacademy.com</a> <br>
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Liberty Learning Center, TX<br>
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Laura Austin Achievement Center, NY<br>
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More info about the courses and enrollment forms are at the following
site.<br>
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<a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGJd9XAUmxExxfnZ53-IFa4_TSUoUXYB7jqNZycENlS-VYZKjp9gtD4VA3hzLvDdT1NaiYr72WFu83LzdOiwhz9b8sHqzFlY88lzzrnQocSkCFTmc3jBs7EnzzaewaFNlbc=" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.edrev.org/onlinecourses.html</a> <br>
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If you have not received the syllabus or have questions you can request
them from Aleksandra at <a href="mailto:AMKaero@gmail.com" shape="rect" target="_blank">
AMKaero@gmail.com</a>.<br>
<br>
If you want to make a commitment to enroll, or need scholarship help,
just reply to this e mail right away or write to
<a href="mailto:Jerryaero@aol.com" shape="rect" target="_blank">Jerryaero@aol.com</a>.<br>
<br>
Some comments from last year's course:<br>
<i>"The course was a wonderful for clarifying my vision – it helped me
look at the process of starting a school step by step and brought up
many important questions for me. The design of the course was great
because it went from looking at broad to specific parts of the plan."<br>
<br>
"I loved Ron Miller's chapter because I thought it was really
well-researched and it helped me connect some dots. How to a Grow a
School was wonderful and inspiring, reading real stories from people
who've successfully started schools really helped me understand the
details involved and the many ways you can make things work. The Vision
of a School exercise was great, too, because although I've been adding
bits and pieces to my vision for a long time, this was a good chance to
edit it and make it more concrete."<br>
<br>
"The course was fantastic. It was really inspiring to get in touch with
a community of people who not only don't think I'm insane but even share
a vision of what education can and should be that's similar to my own."<br>
<br>
"I am extremely grateful to AERO for giving me the opportunity to
partake in this remarkable course! This course has proved to be a major
turning point in my long-drawn-out search for a concrete direction
towards starting my own democratic, non-coercive free school."</i><br>
<br>
Yours,<br>
<br>
Aleksandra Majstorac Kobiljski & Jerry Mintz<br>
<a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MSlPX8yeZGJd9XAUmxExxfnZ53-IFa4_TSUoUXYB7jqNZycENlS-VYZKjp9gtD4VA3hzLvDdT1NaiYr72WFu83LzdOiwhz9b8sHqzFlY88lzzrnQocSkCFTmc3jBs7EnzzaewaFNlbc=" shape="rect" target="_blank">
http://www.edrev.org/onlinecourses.html</a> <br>
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<b><a name="11bfc7f6cfac33f9_2" shape="rect"></a>2) Report on IDEC 2008 in Vancouver, Canada</b><br>
The International Democratic Education Conference in Vancouver Canada
took place from August 11th, 2008 to August 18th. Some presentations
received standing ovations, such as the one by Yacov Hecht, who
organized the first IDEC in 1993. Among other things, he told us that
the city of Jerusalem wants him to help them democratize their schools.
(More on that later.)<br>
<br>
This conference was the latest in a remarkable series if such
gatherings. These meetings have led to changes, sometimes revolutionary
to the educational climate in the areas where they have been held.<br>
<br>
First I should explain that the IDEC is not an official organization. It
started as a meeting of a dozen people, organized in Israel in 1993 by
Yacov Hecht after a broader conference on multicultural education. Yacov,
who had founded the Democratic School of Hadera, a few years earlier,
decided to pull together just those who were involved with democratic
schools. We toured his school, discussed the possible future of
democratic education and went home. Little did we know that we had
sparked a movement that continues to grow and flourish.<br>
<br>
The next year David Gribble, who had founded the democratic Sands School
in Devon, England, organized a second meeting at his school in 1994. I
didn't go to that, not realizing its significance. David also kept the
spark kindled by putting out a newsletter.<br>
<br>
My organization, the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO),
is a nonprofit whose mission it is to promote educational alternatives
that are learner centered and empower students. For example, one of my
earliest trips was to what was then the Soviet Union in 1994 for the
First New Schools Festival, which opened up communication between the
East and West.<br>
<br>
So, when I realized there would be a third meeting of democratic schools
in 1995 in Austria, I was determined to go. Now there were perhaps a
hundred of us from many more countries. The group didn't really have a
name yet and was just referred to as the Hadera conference, after our
first meeting place.<br>
<br>
Shortly thereafter we set up a list-serve for the participants and those
who were interest. Most of the subsequent discussion and organization
has been through that list-serve, which has about 350 subscribers around
the world.<br>
<br>
The meeting in 1996 was again in Israel, much larger and with the
support of the Ministry of Education.<br>
<br>
The 1997 meeting was probably our most important. It was completely
organized by students from the Sands School. I remember unsuccessfully
trying to find out the schedule and calling the director of Sands to ask
about it. He said, "Yes, it's frustrating! I don't know what they are
planning!" So I was amazed the find that it really was totally being
organized by students!<br>
<br>
The students named it the International Democratic Education Conference
(IDEC). They moved it to the summer so they could extend the time to ten
days! They felt it needed to be more of a community than a conference
and decided that there would be NO preplanned workshops. They wanted
everyone to be there first so that the students would be totally
involved in the scheduling of events and it would not be just a series
of talking head workshops by adults. It was an early practice of open
scheduling. It was brilliant! It not only had intellectual workshops,
but also caving, hiking, games, arts and crafts, music, field trips and
sports.<br>
<br>
Since that time I have been to almost all of the IDEC meetings,
including the next one, hosted by the Stark Family School in Ukraine in
1998 and the 1999 IDEC at Summerhill School in England as they were
successfully taking the English education department to court for trying
to close them. In fact the IDEC has often met at a site to support a
beleaguered school. When we met at Stork, the school was being charged
80% taxes by the Ukraine government!<br>
<br>
Since then we have had IDECs in Japan, New Zealand, India, Germany,
Australia, and Brazil. We organized the only one in the United States in
2003. We had 650 people from 28 countries, including 100 people from
Third World Countries. We raised $65,000 so they could come.<br>
<br>
This year's IDEC was one of my favorites. As usual, it was organized
from scratch by a grassroots group who had never done it before. The
group is called SANE, the Society for the Advancement of Noncoercive
Education and is connected to Windsor House School, a democratic public
alternative in North Vancouver that was founded in 1971 by Helen Hughes.
A highlight of the conference was Helen's conference concluding keynote
celebrating her 50 years in education, so far! Windsor House has had its
own battles in recent years, being forced to move to a smaller building,
having an outside principal forced on them, etc. But they have
successfully persevered, and hosting this IDEC will undoubtedly help
them.<br>
<br>
The biggest group of attendees this year was from Korea, which will host
next year's IDEC. It included 27 people, mostly students. The organizer
of that group, Tae Wook Ha, has been involved with AERO and the IDEC for
over ten years, starting as a graduate student in England.<br>
<br>
I arrived in Vancouver with my heavy bags at 5 AM after a sleepless
flight from New York. The conference was to be at the University of
British Columbia. They had put me on the 6th floor but said the elevator
was broken. After I told them that I would not be dragging my bags up
six flights of steps, they put me on the second floor. It was full of
ultimate Frisbee players from Australia who had just competed in a world
championship there, coming in second to Japan.<br>
<br>
On Sunday the Windsor House School and SANE people arrived in force,
unloading a big truck with materials taken from their school. In a
brilliant move, they recreated their school on the UBC campus, to run at
Windsor House Live throughout the conference, complete with voluntary
classes and activities and a daily democratic meeting. The site was
lovely, with nearby mountains and a beach below.<br>
<br>
Right next to all this activity they put a ping-pong table on which I
could teach. At the AERO conference I ordinarily don't have much time
for this, but here I was able to teach about 50 people over the 7 days
of the conference. I love doing this, as it gives students confidence in
their ability to learn in a nonacademic setting. Since my teacher is a
former world champion, I am able to help people get that "Wow! I don't
believe I just did that!", moment in almost every lesson. It also
enabled the Korean students to connect with the Canadian, American and
other students and adult participants through the common language of
table tennis.<br>
<br>
One of my first tasks was to attempt to persuade Canadian embassies to
approve the visas for the Russian and Nepalese groups. In the Russian
case, a group of 10 from the Moscow International Film School was
stranded there. David Gagnon, tireless IDEC 2008 coordinator told me he
had no idea how to reach them and had not been able to get through to
the embassy. Through a typical event of synchronicity, as I went into my
second floor room, from three doors down the hall I heard "Jeereey!
Jeereey!" It was Alla Kerzina, founder of MIFS, who had immigrated to
Canada! She had the cellphone number of the Russian group leader. I
called on SKYPE, reached her and the group at the embassy, got the name
and e mail address of the person in charge and fired off a quick note to
him, vouching for the group. They got their visas and arrived at the
conference 1 1/2 days later! Although I did reach the equivalent person
in India to plead for the Nepalese group, there I was unsuccessful, the
one sad note for the conference. I am continuing however to see if we
can arrange for them to visit the United States.<br>
<br>
There is so much else to report on, I simply can't go into detail or
even list them. For example:<br>
<br>
*Henrik Ebenbeck reported on the recent European Regional IDEC in
Germany with 380 attendees!<br>
<br>
*People attended from many other countries including England, Israel,
Palestinian Territory, Japan, Peru, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand,
India, and South Africa, some with foundation funds raised for the
purpose.<br>
<br>
*A group from Summerhill School came and showed the drama about their
successful battle with the English government having just been seen by
millions on BBC!<br>
<br>
*There were exciting panels of teenage students and younger students,
moderated by our own Isaac Graves. When one questioner ask a student
what he wanted to do later in life, a 12 year old replied "Why do you
need to know? You'll see what we can do!"<br>
<br>
*I did a benefit auction that raised $1000 to support the conference
group.<br>
<br>
*There were dozens of workshops every day, trips to the mountains, to
the beaches, Korean drumming and a dance at the end. <br>
<br>
*Brent Cameron told me how he has an online unschooling program for 700
students in BC, using special software that creates a virtual school
that has gathering places, choices of teachers and libraries. The
government is paying $3500 a student, and does so because the tracking
software is so good. He plans to expand this year to 200 outside of BC.<br>
<br>
*Keynote speakers included Don Four Arrows, a Native American speaker
and writer, and Mimsy Sadofsky, a founder and teacher at Sudbury Valley
School.<br>
<br>
Yacov Hecht's keynote had everyone enthralled. Not only has he helped
start 26 democratic schools in Israel, but, "I was looking for a crazy
guy and someone found him for me!" He was the mayor of a poor, run down
city in Israel who asked Yacov to help him democratize the schools in
his city. Once that had happened, people flocked to the city, new
buildings were built, green belts were created and the city thrived. Now
other cities want his help, the latest being Jerusalem! In the Jewish
religion there is a saying, "Next year, Jerusalem!" Perhaps after that,
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