Welcome to the Earthville Education blog! Here, you'll find ongoing explorations of education as a catalyst for the development of conscientious global citizens, healthy communities, and a more harmonious and sustainable world. The scope of the discussion is wide, with special interest in the following areas:

  • Experiential education and service-learning
  • The cultures of learning communities, and how to transform them
  • Holistic educational philosophy: wisdom about learning and learning about wisdom
  • Innovative models for schools, other learning communities, and programs
  • Synergies between centers of learning and the local and global communities
  • Education reform, both practice and policy


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  • "A Matter of Degrees" is the first in a series of reports detailing thirteen promising practices that US community colleges can use to increase student engagement and completion rates. Produced by the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) at the University of Texas at Austin, the report draws on the largest-ever... ...

  • Visionary educator Arnie Langberg shares stories from two of his public alternative schools: Mountain Open High School in Evergreen, CO, and High School Redirection in Denver. ...

  • Standardized testing isn't the only dinosaur sucking air out of the room: The system of grades/marks is another inadequate method of measuring student learning that needs to be replaced with more effective and empowering systems. The combination of self evaluation, peer evaluation, and adult evaluation is an alternative that, while... ...

  • Visionary educator Arnie Langberg examines the awkwardness of U.S. middle schools and the need for them to mature.  ...

  • Visionary educator Arnie Langberg examines the failure of the educational system to embrace a successful alternative. ...

  • Visionary educator Arnie Langberg recalls his experiences as the incoming Principal at a group of struggling alternative satellite programs within conventional schools in Denver. ...

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