Here is Dr. Jesse Meeks’ presentation and notes from the 2013 Agency Based Education conference. Dr. Meeks brought an interesting perspective to the classroom as a chiropractor for 15 years who started a private school, and then went into teaching to find his true love, helping students grow. His topic was “Agency Based Education in […]
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I just watched this TedX talk presentation by Shawn Cornally on the “Future of Education without Coercion” and I agree with almost everything he says. I think this is a fascinating talk and something that should be explored and opened up for schools in Utah to pilot. Rigid school days are stupid. We’ve got to […]
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This is Senator Osmond’s presentation from the 2013 ABE Conference. His presentation is on 3 bills he is sponsoring which deal with choice, natural accountability, and consequences that come with that choice. He believes the time has come to replace compulsory education law with a more effective parental choice and accountability law to allow for […]
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Lynn Stoddard presented at our November 2013 conference on a program he created some years ago called The Great Brain. Essentially, this project is designed to allow students to become “great brains” on a subject they choose. They dig in seeking various levels of mastery. Lynn Stoddard is a veteran educator with 36 years as […]
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Audrey’s speech was a personal favorite of mine from our November 2013 conference. She spoke on the topic of moving from opinion based living, to principle based. It is an excellent talk and I highly recommend it for anyone looking to live a life of principle. Her presentation notes are below the video. I highly […]
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I obviously don’t condone this speaker’s creative cheating in school, but he makes some good points about teaching children to be entrepreneurs and problem solvers. It’s an enjoyable TED talk.
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Tammy Hulse gave one of my favorite presentations at the 2012 conference because it had as a prime focal point a re-evaluation of human psychology. We often think of the mind as the supreme organ of the body and that we make our decisions based on mental evaluation of facts. Tammy’s talk helps show the […]
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In Sir Ken Robinson’s 2013 TED talk, he again raises some great points concerning standardization of children and the problems that creates. Ken points out issues in the American education system and offers an Agency-Based education perspective on individualizing education experiences for children. Ken’s humor and excellent points about the disastrous No Child Left Behind […]
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Common Core is far more than a set of standards. It is the complete globalization of education. In this presentation, Alisa Ellis helps expose Common Core’s agenda in the words of those that have put it together.
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In this presentation, Celia Johnson talks about agency-education in a charter school: “The Bruises and Benefits of Riding a Live Horse on Top of a Merry-Go-Round.”
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