Wingspread Journal

The Wingspread Journal is published periodically and focuses on either Education, Sustainable Development and the Environment, or Democracy, Community and Family.

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Each issue of the Journal reports on Wingspread conferences and offers a rich database of resources and readings.

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Beyond The Ivory Tower, Summer 2007
(Education)
Preparing students to be active, informed, reflective citizens under the broad banner of the civic mission of higher education, also known as civic engagement.

 

 

 

 

 

Why Young Americans Hate Politics, Summer 2005
(Democracy and Community, Family)
If the challenges to American democracy are constant, then so too must be the efforts of those who would preserve it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Isolated Teacher, Spring 2005
(Education)
Improving teaching quality through rethinking how schools use time

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the Land to our Tables, Spring 2004
(Sustainable Development and The Environment)
Land conservation, from the global scale to the dinner table, illustrates the strength of the connection between people and the land.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Perfect Storm, Summer 2003 (Democracy and Community)
Foundation Cutbacks Jeopardize Low-Income Families.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beyond the Standards Horse Race, Summer 2002 (Education)
Improving the academic performance of all of America's children.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is It Time for a Children's Movement?, Winter 1997 (Youth and Adult)
The well-being of any nation's children depends on a culture that values them. Is it time for a children's movement?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ever-widening Circles, Spring 1997 (Sustainable Development)
The promise of sustainability is in ever-widening circles of consideration, participation, and action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Language for New Learning, Summer 1997 (Learning Productivity)
"We have excelled in the language of schooling. We must now become fluent in the language of learning and life."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Kids and What You Can do to Help, Winter 1996 (Youth and Adults)
Re-engaging adults in the lives of children and youth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fostering Sustainable Community, Spring 1996 (Sustainable Development)
What might sustainable communities look like and how do we get there?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giving Wings to New Ideas, Summer 1996 (Learning Productivity)
How do we learn and how can we learn better?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Community, Autumn 1996 (Civil Community)
"Nothing more surely builds community than engagement in shared tasks." We look at the idea of Public Work. How might stronger communities help reweave our social fabric?

 

 

 

 

 

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