Humane Education Bookshelf: Turning Points: 35 Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Stories

We all have our stories of school. Many of us either struggle or strive through those 13 years and then move on to our careers and our lives, but some are so affected by their educational experiences that they're drawn to make schooling more meaningful, relevant, joyful and authentic for future students.

In Turning Points, published by the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO), 35 visionary educators share how their own schooling experiences helped shape their vision of education and what they're doing to help bring revolutionary thinking and action to today's educational system.

The featured visionaries were asked to respond to these questions:

• What was your schooling like?
• When did you realize that there is a need for an alternative approach?
• What have you done since to help realize that vision?
• What are you doing now?

IHE's President, Zoe Weil, is one of the featured visionaries and wrote an essay called "The World Becomes What You Teach: Education for a Peaceful, Sustainable, and Humane World."

Other contributors include Riane Eisler, Gustavo Esteva, John Taylor Gatto, Arnold Greenberg, David Gribble, Yaacov Hecht, Matt Hern, Shilpa Jain, Dennis Littky, Grace Llewellyn, Chris Mercogliano, Ron Miller, Jerry Mintz and Lynn Stoddard.

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~ Marsha

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