Thursday, September 29, 2011

Parents Want to Think About What's Right« Whole Child Education

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Parents Want to Think About What's Right

Paula Mirk
Post submitted by Paula Mirk, M.Ed. Mirk has worked at whole child partner the Institute for Global Ethics (IGE) since 1996 and currently oversees the IGE education department’s many initiatives, including the Ethical Literacy expanding community of schools. She collaborates with national and international organizations, and with school districts from large to small, to integrate ethical literacy into classroom practice, school culture, and systemic reform. Mirk has worked with schools and audiences around the world, particularly across Latin America, as she is also fluent in Spanish. Her articles have appeared in education journals in the United States and Canada.
Ethics is a great topic for thinking about parents and their role in the learning process. Most parents are

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