Institute for Humane Education
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Environmental Education that Builds Student Agency
Solutionary environmental education adds three interconnected elements to learning: evidence-based optimism grounded in experience, agency that outlasts a single activity, and a process learners can use again and again. The post Environmental Education that Builds Student Agency…
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When Neutrality Becomes Dangerous
Reverend Kevin Ross, known as Rev Kev, asks how can faith, love, and public courage move people beyond silence and into meaningful action for justice? And how can we love across divides without becoming neutral in the face of harm? The post When Neutrality Becomes Dangerous…
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3 Humane Educators on Rethinking Our Relationship With Farmed Animals
This Farm(ed) Animal Awareness Week, we sat down with three IHE alumni—a sanctuary director, a course creator, and a nonprofit founder—to ask how their work is changing the way people think about farmed animals. The post 3 Humane Educators on Rethinking Our Relationship With…
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5 Good Reasons to Start the Year with Student-led Community Action Projects!
Solutionary projects set the tone for the year ahead by immediately helping students engage in deeper learning, build a supportive classroom community, make real-world connections, focus on critical and systems thinking, and develop key skills through doing a practice run. The…
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Peter Singer: Animal Liberation and the Next Moral Frontier
Peter Singer, philosopher and author of Animal Liberation, discusses fifty years of the modern animal liberation movement and where reason, emotion, and effective altruism fit in the fight to reduce unnecessary suffering. The post Peter Singer: Animal Liberation and the Next…
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A Nation Still at Risk: Why America Needs to Reimagine the Purpose of Education
In 1983, a report titled A Nation at Risk sent shockwaves across the country. Produced by a bipartisan national commission, it warned that America’s future was in jeopardy due to a “rising tide of mediocrity” in our schools. It emphasized that educational failure threatened not…
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The Importance of Immeasurables
Abby Falik, Co-Founder of The Flight School, shares insights from her career working with young people in the transition from high school to whatever comes next. She discusses what it means to be human, elevating education for the immeasurables, not just for better test results,…