Priorities of Youth

07/31/2009

The goal is to create the world that you want to see.
Luis Alfaro, performance artist, writer

Yes! (Summer 2009) presented these interesting numbers:

Average hours per day American youth spend

...watching television: 3.9

...engaging in physical activity: 1.4

...reading: 0.7

Hearing Everyone’s Voice: Educating Young Children for Peace and Democratic Community

Children recognize conflict, injustice, and bias; but they need to be taught how to sort out their concerns and take action to bring about fairness for all. In Hearing Everyone's Voice, teachers and parents and children share stories of their struggles to build a democratic community by learning the many ways there are to hear each other given differences in age, ethnicity, gender, culture, and economic background. The perfect guidebook for integrating peace education, anti-bias perspective, and democratic practice into your curriculum.

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