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It’s time to speak up and speak out about all those ideas for new and better schools that have been flying around teacher lunchrooms, school offices, and parent meetings for decades. Join our campaign to promote a new vision for schools!
Here are a few of Patti’s ideas, excerpted from her recent articles, to jumpstart your own thinking:
“Do we really want a public education system that shoves kids through the system as if they were products on a fast conveyor belt to the shrink-wrap machine?”
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“Now is our moment to say NO! to factory schools run by the numbers and YES! to human-friendly schools that nurture every child.”
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“Helping our children grow into happy, healthy, intelligent adults--every single child--is a... goal that the richest country in the world ought to be able to reach.”
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“Nothing will happen until we change our minds and relinquish our narrow agendas so we can join together in the larger purpose of reinventing education for all of our children.”
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“We know from 40 years of school reform efforts that piecemeal solutions won’t work. The change needs to be conceptual and all-encompassing, creating a new model of education for the 21st century.” |
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The Power of a New Idea
A revolution in thought and belief is the kind of revolution that all of us can get behind, regardless of our political leanings, especially if new ideas can help our kids, our teachers, our families--and transform our schools. A new sense of forward movement is shimmering in the air as the internet fuels an unprecedented explosion of fresh ideas and complex connections. Every one of us can now be part of improving not only the American way of life, but also our global involvements and the lives of children everywhere. It all starts with opening our minds to new perspectives...
Fresh Ideas *** New Perspectives *** Inspiration for Change
Hear Patricia Kokinos, a veteran educator, teacher, administrator, parent, and long-time catalyst for change as she takes on the system:
- Exploding the Paradigm: Five Ways Schools Must Change to Rescue the American Dream
- The Greening of Education: Moving Our School System from “Factory” to “Family”
- Size Does Matter: The Mysteries of Small Schools and Deep Learning
- Practical Magic: School as a Creative Bridge to the Future
- A Visionary Look at Public Education: Making Our Schools Match Our Deepest Dreams
Here is a free download of Patti’s May 2009 newsletter, “Wake Up, America,” to give you an overview of her approach to school change. In addition to info about Angel Park, this issue highlights Big Picture concepts to give kids, teachers, and parents a public education system that can boost America’s schools into the 21st century. |
For provocative ideas, answers to your questions about the education system, and forward-thinking solutions to our most pressing issues, CONTACT PATRICIA KOKINOS today. She would love the opportunity to speak to your group! FREE to parent, teacher and civic groups in the greater Los Angeles area; by fee arrangement elsewhere. |
What Patti’s audiences are saying...
“Patti has a delightful energy that will spearhead the societal change she seeks to accomplish. Her vision, passion and experience will inform and inspire audiences to create positive change in their environment!”
--Norma Thompson Hollis, Norma Hollis Companies, Inc.
“A dynamic speaker who connects perfectly with her audience and engages them in mental dialogue. She speaks from her heart, with excitement and deep conviction. Humorous, incisive, full of worthwhile information . . . .”
--Clarey Rudd, President, Bank of Books |
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