EDUCATION
SUMMIT -- ACTION PLAN
Following is a summary of key points of the action plan. Additional detail will follow shortly based on plenary and Steering Committee Planning meetings.
1. PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION. Most formally and significantly we decided as a total conference to build a coalition of individuals and organizations to work together as a partnership to promote democratic education. It is significant that, among all the words that describe the themes of presentations and dialogue at the conference, this word seemed to be the key that captured the essence for everyone -- a democracy that includes all, that is equitable, where power is shared.
Some 30 people from all over the country volunteered to serve on a STEERING COMMITTEE.
2. LOCAL AND REGIONAL EFFORTS. We want to encourage people to develop, as this fits local needs and work, networks affiliated with the Partnership as a whole and / or the Whole Schooling Consortium, the Rouge Forum, and the Whole Language Umbrella. We hope to see people organizing Regional conferences next year with a major national conference to be held in Detroit again in 2002.