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Advocacy calls and DL Advocates Pateron page May 19, 2025 |
Greetings Three quick items: 1) Join our online advocacy calls with Don and other advocates 2) Deeper Learning Advocates NEW Patreon Page 3) TUESDAY - Making Change Stick Group 4) Take the Back-to-Basics 2.0 Survey 5) Conference and Event Schedule
Join Advocacy CallsMy focus has been on creating online content for several years now, but it is time to shift.I want to talk with you and other supportive folks directly. Introducing Advocacy Calls.
Share your ideas, ask me questions, tell me your school story, suggest topics for new videos or essays for the HolisticEquity site. You can schedule a time to talk with me in my virtual studio at Riverside.fm. Up to six people at a time can participate in each call. To schedule your first call click here: Advocates Talk Calendly Page Patreon Page for Deeper Learning AdvocatesDeeper Learning Advocates has a new home page on Patreon.You will notice that the primary opportunity afforded by contributing is access to the Advocates Talk that I offered you above. Here's the link so that you can see for yourself and start making a financial contribution, too: Deeper Learning Advocates Site Making Change Stick DiscussionA group of educators from all over the world are coming together to discuss a couple of books (including my Manifesto) and formulate plans of action.The group is part of the Rights Centric Education movement that is informed by the UN Convention in Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Session 4, May 20th, 7pm UTC: The Agentic Schools Manifesto – Turning talk into action. Session 5, May 27th, 7pm UTC: World Systems Solutions – Moving towards a global learning ecosystem. RCE Making Change Stick Discussion Group Back-to-Basics 2.0 SurveyYou’ve heard of Back-to-Basics, but that phrase is currently defined in a partisan way. I want to redefine that phrase to mean something that is universally beneficial in all schools. Back-to-Basics 2.0 is about the duty of care that all educators owe to school children. In recent versions of The Agentic Schools Manifesto I laid out the four core principles along with many supporting statements.I want to refine the statements that make up Back-to-Basics 2.0 by getting feedback from smart folks like you. I have created a survey for each core principle to assess how much of a consensus exists on these principles and refine them as needed. Each survey ends with a link to the next.
Back-to-Basics 2.0 Consensus Survey Thank you for your support! If you’d like to preview the statements you can check out this 4-page PDF (~10Mb): Back-to-Basics 2.0 Handout The surveys have 18, 7, 4, and 14 statements for review. Travel & Event ScheduleJoyce and I welcome your suggestions of events to attend.We are almost guaranteed to attend if we can make a presentation or have a table. -- International Democratic Education Conference IDEC@EUDEC August 1 to 7, De Kluis, Sint-Joris-Weert, Belgium -- NEXT YEAR
Student Power Summit March, Los Angeles, California, USA -- SDT Conference 2026 9th International Self-Determination Theory Conference July 1-4, 2026, Geneva, Switzerland -- Thanks for you time and attention. Don Berg ![]() |
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