You
are cordially invited to attend the Alternative Education
Resource Organization's 7th annual AERO Conference! For
the seventh year in a row the AERO conference will continue its
exciting tradition of bringing together educators, students, parents,
and many others involved in educational alternatives from around
the U.S., Canada, and the world. In fact, we've had representatives
from nearly every North American state and province, as well as
over fifteen other countries attend in the past five years! From
Public Alternatives to Unschooling, we will have many educational
alternatives represented. Other examples include: Montessori,
Waldorf (Steiner) Choice, At-Risk, Democratic, Homeschool, Open,
Charter, Free, Sudbury, Holistic, Virtual, Magnet, Early Childhood,
Reggio Emilia, Indigo, Krishnamurti, Quaker, Libertarian, Independent,
Progressive, Community, Cooperative, and many more!
AERO conference
is one of the best opportunities to network in the field of educational
alternatives!
Our conference
theme is "Learner-Centered Alternatives for Everyone!"
Choices for workshops and presentations are extensive, and are
never limited to the conference theme alone. As in prior years,
there will be open workshop time throughout the conference where
various presentations and special events will be entirely up to
the attendees to organize! Last year we had over 80 unique workshops
and presentations run by the attendees and featured speakers.
This year we fully expect to match and possibly surpass that number!
This year
we will have several wonderful keynote speakers and many featured
presenters. This year's keynote speakers are Mathew
Davis, John Taylor Gatto, Shilpa Jain, and Herbert Kohl. At the
conference we will have a number of special events including documentaries,
discussion groups, workshop series, featured workshops, entertainment,
morning yoga, and much, much more! The conference will take place
in the gorgeous Crowne Plaza Hotel with a special evening held
at St. Anthony's, the performance art space of Grand Street Community
Arts.
If you are
seeking to improve the education of our young people, we hope
you will join us for this wonderful meeting of others involved
in the alternative education movement. Simply put, with the growing
success of our previous conferences, and the dire need for change
in the existing education system, the stage has been set for us
to truly build critical mass for the education revolution!
