Diane Ravitch
Education reformers would like us to believe that our public school system is in shambles, teachers are failing our students, and as a result we need to implement more rigorous methods of evaluation (ie. standardized testing). Are we really any worse off than we were 50 years ago? Are schools really failing, or are we looking at education through an out of focus lens?
The Fix-It Fairs are free events designed to save you money and connect you to resources. Fix-It Fairs occur seasonally, on three Saturday mornings during the winter (between November and February) from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at various locations around Portland.
What you'll find at a Fix-It Fair
Ongoing exhibits and hourly workshops on such topics as:
Water and energy savings
Safe and healthy home
Food and nutrition
Neighborhood and community resources
Recycling
Weatherizing your home
Gardening and growing your own food
Yard care and composting
Transportation
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We would love to invite you to this Saturday's Rewild Camp, an afternoon rewilding social networking picnic where people make new friends and hang out with old friends and family while sharing skills, ideas and strategies for creating new cultures based on our hunter-gatherer ancestral heritage.
The theme for this week’s Rewild Camp is: EVERYTHING ARCHERY! That means: flint-knappin', bow-making, arrow making, cordage making and of course, shooting arrows. As always, the theme can be ignored and you can just come and work on whatever project you want.
The largest non-traditional career fair of its kind, Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. produces the interactive Women in Trades Career Fair to increase the overall number of women working in the trades and to help fill the eminent gap in the labor force that will be created with record-levels of upcoming retirements of skilled trades people.
Produced annually since 1993, this unique, industry sponsored and volunteer powered event offers dozens of hands-on activities designed to introduce women and girls to the possibility of a future career in the trades.
The MES program is a 2-year interdisciplinary program focused on training tomorrow’s environmental leaders. Our courses are team-taught in the evening by faculty in the natural and social sciences. College students, AmeriCorps members, environmental professionals, and career-changers are encouraged to attend. For more information, please go to www.evergreen.edu/mes.
At InFARMation this month there will be a panel discussion regarding The Agricultural Reclamation Act and Eaters. The panel will break down the panelists experiences with this grassroots movement and why it's important, but will also talk about what is happening as a result of the ARA, and why it is so important that Eaters both understand and participate.
Our five-day, hands-on program offers two distinct tracks for professionals and graduate students: Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems and Sustainable Urban Built Environments.
With an emphasis on field exploration and hands-on discovery, participants will meet and interact with nationally recognized business leaders and experts who have put sustainability at the forefront of their work.
Do you like the idea of doing good and having fun? Join us at a potluck and reception for Michael Strong and Magatte Wade.
Michael's latest book is “Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems,” co-authored with John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market; Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Hernando de Soto, Co-Chair of the UN Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor; and others. Michael also created an innovative school in New Mexico ranked among the best public high schools in the US.
