Last week, Academy Founder and President Aaron Stern joined Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela and Hawah Kasat for Mind & Life’s Inspiring Minds conversation on Healing Intergenerational Trauma. Together, they shared reflections, learnings, and stories focused on two learning questions: How do we create safe spaces where intergenerational healing can take place, rooted in an understanding of our…
Welcome to our new Inquiry Project Series! Through the months of February and June, we’ll share the story of our Learning Exchange with the Inspired Teaching Demonstration Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. Together we’re learning what becomes possible when young people explore what they want to learn and design their own learning. Join our…
Academy Founder and President Aaron Stern talks with Diane Solomon of KKUP Radio in Cupertino, CA to discuss our upcoming co-facilitated workshop with the Namchak Foundation, Waking Up in Community: Taking Your Practice into the World, and share the Academy’s emerging work and programming and ongoing vision and mission. Listen to the full interview here.
In 2018, the Academy celebrated its 20th anniversary and wrote a book commemorating our history, legacy, and movement forward into the future. Read our booklet Reflection and Emergence: 20 Years of the Academy for the Love of Learning to learn more about our past work and emerging vision. Download our booklet by clicking on the…
I hope that you remain safe, well, and engaged during these difficult times. Over the past six months, we’ve watched as our society’s traditional assumptions about education have collapsed onto themselves. As we reexamine collectively what learning means, we have an opportunity, perhaps greater than ever before. When certainty is gone, especially at this scale,…
Seton Monday is a blog series sharing updates and learnings on Ernest Thompson Seton and the Academy’s Seton Legacy Project, curated by David Witt. In this edition, David shares art from the Seton Legacy Project’s 2020 art exhibition Endangered. Learn more about the Endangered at http://ernestthompsonseton.com/ I envisioned Endangered as an exhibition about our disconnection…
It’s eight o’clock in the morning, and I must get to the Academy garden while the irrigation is still running so I can make sure it’s hitting its targets. We have been in a long dry spell since Easter, and it’s the fourth of July holiday. But the garden doesn’t know holidays; it requires constant…
I hope that you are staying well and safe in these extraordinary times. Since I last wrote, I’ve been working with a team to imagine ourselves into the next phase of the Academy for the Love of Learning. As I signaled in my April message, beginning in July, the Academy will reorganize to focus on…
In the throes of COVID-19, our governor has declared a stay-at-home order. But in Santa Fe County, the population is low-density, and physical distancing while getting outside is not a problem. I manage to get outside daily but wanted to do some community service without risking contact with others. So, it occurred to me that…
Academy Founder and President Aaron Stern shares this important message: Heartbeat Opera’s virtual performance of Leonard Bernstein’s “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide encourages us all to find inspiration and imagination through art and creativity in these challenging times. Stay tuned to our social media channels for more shared messages of compassion, inspiration, and imagination. Follow us…
