AERO Presents
Youth Voices of Resilience and Hope: An
Education Revolution for All
A Virtual Event
September 27, 2024
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In - Person Schedule
**All Times - Eastern Daylight Time**
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Friday 6/23
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9:00 am - 1:00 pm - Check In, Registration, Virtual Sessions, Networking,
Lunch, Vendors
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Opening & Welcome - All are welcome
1:35 pm - 2:50 pm - Workshops
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Leo J. Fahey - Toward an Intentional Mental Health Therapeutic Democratic Education
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Elmarie Hyman - Homeschool & Hybrid School Co-ops and Resource Centers as Part of the Education Revolution
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Jackie Scully - Dignity in Education for ALL!-Teachers and Students are the Leaders in Education Reform
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Maysaa Banza - Toward A Heart-Centered Education: Lessons from History
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Keynote - Kerry McDonald - How Everyday Entrepreneurs Are Transforming Education With Bottom-Up Solutions
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Virtual Sessions, Break, Dinner, Networking,
Popup Sessions, Vendors
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7:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Keynote - Katerina Botvinnik & Dasha Gorobets - How the Urkaine Democratic Education Community Survived During the War.
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8:30 pm - 10:00 pm - Networking
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Saturday 6/24
9:00 am - 10:25 am - Check In, Registration, Virtual Sessions, Networking,
Breakfast, Pop - Up Sessions, Vendors.
10:30 am - 11:45 am - Workshops
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Don Berg - Salvaging Standardization: How to Mass Produce the Right Stuff
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Gina Riley, Ph.D. - Unschooling Students with Disabilities
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Claire Evans - Reimagining Global Education for the Good of Humanity
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Alysha Hearn - Personalized Learning: How Online Learning Can Support Individualized Education
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11:45 am - 12:30 pm - Check In, Registration, Virtual Sessions, Networking,
Lunch, Pop - Up Sessions, Vendors.
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Panel - VELA EDUCATION FUND
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1:45 pm - 3:00 pm - Workshops
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Kaity Broadbent - Creating Neuro-supportive Learning Environments and Relationships
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Carl Rust - Unschooling School - How to take control of your education
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Wendy Raver - Homeschooling High School NYC Style: One Example
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Zoë Deshmukh, Sulaf Hatab, Towa Mikami, Willa Sullivan - Pono From the Learners’ Perspectives
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3:15 pm - 4:30 pm - Keynote - Ken Danford - Education Savings Account: Revolutionary Funding for the Revolution!
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4:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Check In, Registration, Virtual Sessions, Networking,
Lunch, Pop-Up Sessions, Vendors.
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7:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Keynote - Peter Gray - The Education Revolution is Occurring Now and Here Are Ways to Speed It Up
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8:30 pm - 10:00 pm - Networking
Sunday 6/25
9:00 am - 10:15 am - Virtual Sessions, Networking,
Breakfast, Pop-Up Sessions, Vendors.
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10:30 am - 11:45 am - Workshops
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Steve Hornstein - Lessons from 50 years work in Democratizing Schools
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Monica Brase and Students -Students Educating the Educators: Student-Led Teacher Professional Development
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Jerry Mintz - How To Start an Educational Alternative
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Peter Gray - Practical Ways to Speed Up the Education Revolution
11:45 am - 1:00 pm - Break, Lunch, Networking, Virtual Sessions
Pop-Up Sessions, Vendors
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm - Workshops
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Julian Vitaglione - An Improvised Life - How i taught myself Everything
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Teen Presenters - Having a Voice in Our Community: A Youth Participatory Action Research Approach to Engage Teens in Community
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Kellie Rolstand - "That's Not Fair!" A Child's Guide to Self-Directed Social Justice Education
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Peter Berg - The Education Revolution & Youth Mental Health:
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2:30 pm - 3:30 pm - Closing & Evaluation - all are welcome
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Thank You For Being a Part of the Conference
& The Education Revolution
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