On Friday September 20, 2019 history was made. Four million young people across the world gathered to demand climate justice from their leaders. Strikes were made everywhere you could think of, from Antarctica (seriously) to Idaho to Latvia.
The strike was born from #FridaysForFuture, a school strike demanding climate action started by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg.
One Stone learner Fawn H. was deeply impacted by a fall immersion experience called What’s Mine Is Ours, during which students visited a mining site to explore Idaho’s complex history with the industry. Here, Fawn shares her insights on the two-day deep dive into mining and its many impacts on the state, and how immersions such as this one support and empower student voice at One Stone.
Creative minds are trampled by what’s considered to be “tradition." Their voices and opinions go unheard by those who decide what their education must and will include…
Today, he’s a passionate advocate for learner-centered education and a freshman at Antioch University in Ohio. But just a few years ago, Marcus Wade-Prince completely gave up on his own education.
All because of a broken bone.
“I broke my wrist my junior year, and I realized my teachers didn’t really care about me. I was done with school,” he says.
Marcus Alston is pretty comfortable with a megaphone in hand.
For him, student voice is second nature. As part of the public action team for Teens Take Charge, a group that empowers students to become civic leaders, he organizes rallies and protests as part of the group’s push for integrated schools across New York City’s five boroughs.
If you step into One Stone’s Lab School this fall, you’ll hear a lot of buzz about about immersions, or immersion experiences.
What are immersions?
At One Stone’s Lab School, immersions are how students learn. At its core, the word itself means absorbing involvement – which is exactly what One Stone learners get a chance to do during each experience.
Forging an army of good, for good.
That’s One Stone’s vision and the driving force behind Hands Down, Voices Up – A Summit to Empower Student Voice at JUMP in Boise, Idaho from October 23-25. The interactive gathering for students and a supportive adults will focus on three ideas: how to inspire, practice and create good.
As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. But when it comes to student voice, practice creates change.
Hands Down, Voices Up – A Summit to Empower Student Voice will explore the idea of practicing good, and what that looks like, at JUMP in Downtown Boise from October 23-25.
How might we inspire good to make students better leaders and the world a better place? That question is one of the main ideas behind Hands Down, Voices Up – A Summit To Empower Student Voice at JUMP in Boise, Idaho on October 23-25.
Adults don’t raise their hands in conversation. Why should students?
That’s the idea behind Hands Down Voices Up, a summit to empower student voice at JUMP in Boise, Idaho on October 23–25.
In September, I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Kauffman Foundation’s RethinkED conference in Kansas City, Missouri with Caitlyn. This conference focused on being a gathering place for members of the Kansas City region, along with people nationwide, to come together and talk about our current educational system and what it might look like if it was revamped with a more innovative take.
With the city at maximum capacity for electric scooters (e-scooters), their full force is becoming more and visible in the city around us. While they’re sustainable and sleek, they often clog public sidewalks. They’re a potential solution to Boise’s lack of public transportation options and a boon for environmentally friendly policy, but they’re also a bother for business owners and a wheelchair accessibility issue.
Though easy, efficient, and cheap, single-use packaging is a threat to the environment and to the future of the Earth. Plastic is incredibly harmful. Its creation causes carbon emissions and it never truly has an “end” as a product. Whether these plastics are put in the trash or recycled, they will eventually end up in the landfill where they can sit for 400 to 1,000 years before breaking down into microplastics.
The Taste It, Don’t Waste It team worked on the problem of food waste in Boise. Food deemed inedible and thrown away has become a daunting issue, and one that does not seem very approachable. Beyond saving money, individuals who are mindful not to waste food contribute to keeping the environment healthy.
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