DEMOCRACY IN SCHOOLS - WHAT?!
REALLY! It does happen. KIDS VOTE! It's called DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION.
The International Democratic Education Conference
was held August 11 to August 18 at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Windsor House Live
This year's IDEC featured an active democratic school which ran throughout the conference with great success. Further reports on WH-live to come.Conference Calendar and Open Space
The IDEC 2008 Conference Calendar is still online for those curious to see what this year's IDEC presents shared.DEMOCRACY IN ACTION!
Donations
Special Thanks to all our supporters who made this years IDEC such a success! With With your generous donations, we were able to support many low income attendees who would not have been able to attend IDEC otherwise.Links and Related Items
IDEC 2008 is being hosted by the Society for the Advancement of Non-coercive Education (SANE), based in Vancouver. You can find out more about SANE by visiting SANE.at.org.
AERO is pleased to announce that www.DemocraticEducation.com is now live! This website serves as the virtual home for The Directory of Democratic Education as well as a location providing unique articles, essay, links, and resources on democratic education.
BlueCraneMedia, based in Berlin, has started 'IDEC OnLine'. This project aims to provide coordination, structure, infrastructure and support for Distance Conferencing applied to future IDEC's, starting with IDEC 2008, allowing people who cannot attend in person to join in "virtually". The web site will also provide an audio/visual archive of previous IDEC's. For more details. Click here to find out more.