Utah Senator Margaret Dayton addresses the 2014 Agency-Based Education conference on the topic of parent rights in education and the current state of those rights in Utah law. Download this episode (right click and save)
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What if there was a way to dramatically improve parental involvement in our schools, improve financial oversight, put more money into classrooms, reduce bureaucracy, and better personalize education for children? At the 2014 Agency-Based Education conference, I tried to articulate what I believe is a reasonable roadmap toward achieving this objective. Total Transformation – A […]
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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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Embers of hope for our times lie in the original Harvard Charter and its updates of 1636-1780. The greatness of what we were then as a people and what we held dear shines in the language of the Charter throughout. In addition, themes of the founders’ commonly held Christian faith are very unabashedly connected 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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