One elementary teacher explains how she uses closing circles to create a safe, reflective space for students to discuss their days with their classmates and leave school knowing that others care.
A Southern Poverty Law Center lawyer relates to a student who has been suspended repeatedly from a Florida school district where the Center is challenging the discriminatory treatment of African-American children.
Sara Schmidt is a writer, homeschooling mom, artist, wife and activist from the St. Louis area. Sara has taught in various capacities, from a European at-risk program and college support services to American Red Cross service corps. She writes for the Institute for Democratic Education in America and is inspired by nonconformist teachers, guerrilla learning, free schools, peaceful revolution, living outside the box and above all, kids.
Stephanie Allen Crist is a professional writer and disability rights advocate. Her unending advocacy adventure started shortly before her three children with autism received their medical diagnoses. Stephanie is the author of Discovering Autism / Discovering Neurodiversity and First Steps: Understanding Autism. She aspires to found a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of information available to people with neurological differences and their allies. Learn more by visiting www.StephanieAllenCrist.com.