A letter was received in response to a letter posted in Monday’s mailbag rundown. Citing Elaine Wooton’s note regarding The Freedom School, Misha Gale wrote on an upcoming fundraiser at a similar school: As you may know, Summerhill School receives no support from the British government, and so has to charge fees. Because not everyone [...]

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) “Give One Get One” program is now open in the United States and Canada until November 26. During this time, you can donate the revolutionary XO laptop to a child in a developing nation, and also receive one for the child in your life in recognition of your contribution. [...]

President Clinton gave an impressive talk on empowering young people at the American Democracy Institute’s Empower Change summit at UCLA: From LA Cityzine: …I think in the past 7 years many of us have forgotten what a good presidential speech sounds like. His calm demeanor, personal conversational tone and straightforward way of speaking, reminded me [...]

Call for papers Global Leapfrog Education Volume 2, Number 1 – March 2006 (Submissions are due November 30, 2006) Global Leapfrog Education (GLE), a new, open access journal, is devoted to exploring how, through education and human capital development, communities can transcend current problems and challenges by empowering themselves with the tools to invent their [...]