Saturday, March 17, 2012

Lael Swinney Stegall

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My sister Lael died this last October. An extraordinary woman who truly died too young. Here are the obituaries as well as my comments at ...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Review of Gar Alperovitz's America Beyond Capitalism

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December 28, 2011 A Review of America Beyond Capitalism by Gar Alperovitz [1] By Dan Swinney dswinney@clcr.org I just rea...
Friday, October 14, 2011

Good Focus by Brizard

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APA students in class with instructor Pablo Verela The coverage of CPS CEO Jean Claude Brizard and his views on career and technical educati...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Remembering Dwight Eastman

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Remembering Dwight Eastman, October 2, 2010 Given at a celebration of his life. (Dwight passed away after a three year battle with canc...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

In Chicago’ Austin community: Alinsky vs. Arizmendi

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October 13, 2007 The post World War II era gave rise to two visionaries who sought to extend greater democracy and wealth to their low incom...
Saturday, October 06, 2007

The High Road and the Low Road

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ON THE HIGH ROAD/LOW ROAD The concepts of the HR/LR, from my understanding, first emerged in European literature in the mid-90s. In this co...
Sunday, September 30, 2007

Austin Polytech Academy--more fun and more meaningful

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The next and best generation...

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In the last year, I have been the project manager for this new school--Austin Polytechnical Academy (APA) ( http://www.austinpolytech.com/ )...

New Directions for School Reform in Chicago—Austin Polytechnical Academy

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Austin Polytech – the result of an unlikely partnership of labor, business, community, education and government leaders gathered in the Chic...