June 2, 2010 "It’s a profound and systemic problem of our entire culture. We live in a broad international culture where people can’t accept that there is no answer. They have to have an answer for everything." Fred Newman and Jackie Salit have a conversation about the BP oil spill, how it's...
May 28, 2010 I "teach" online a lot and I love it. I've done a course on Social Therapeutics at Massey University (evidently in New Zealand English, though, a "course" is called a "paper") and just launched one through the Zur Institute for 6 CEUs. But the bulk of my online...
May, 2010 I don't know Michael Thomas, Professor at Nagoya University of Commerce & Business in Japan, but I intend to. I want to thank him for the favorable and thoughtful review of Vygotsky at Work and Play that he wrote for the British Journal of Educational Technology. He says so...
April 17, 2010 Anyone who knows me and/or visits this site knows I'm an avid supporter of the All Stars Project and have been since it began some decades ago. The All Stars' program are exquisite applications of the social therapeutic approach to human development because they are uniquely suited to...
April 16, 2010 On April 15, my good friend and colleague Lenora Fulani delivered a brilliant statement about educational policy at the National Action Network's Annual National Convention in New York City. Dr. Fulani, a developmental psycholoigst and political activist, co-founded the All Stars Project, Inc. and its Operation Conversation: Cops...
April 2, 2010 You can help New Yorkers play by voting for New York Plays in the web-based grant competition Pepsi Refresh. It's the entry of the East Side Institute, the non-profit I direct. Our idea is To conduct at least 3 community PLAYgrounds throughout NYC To introduce the power of play to...
March 30, 2010 I don't usually post news items but I'm so thrilled about the All Stars Newark expansion plan — a partnership through which everyone grows — that I want to share it! From The Star Ledger NEWARK — The All Stars Project of New Jersey today announced a $9 million fundraising...
March 18, 2010 In January I wrote about the Youth Onstage! production of the Work/Play last month. Now there's a video excerpt for your viewing pleasure...
March 13, 2010 One of my weekly treats is the arrival in my inbox of Talk Talk, excerpts from a dialogue Fred Newman and Jackie Salit have after watching the political talk shows on TV. Newman, co-founder with me of the Institute, is many other things – among them a...
March 12, 2010 I just returned from a week in China - specifically, Deyang, a city in the Sichuan province very hard hit by the 2008 earthquake (more than 17,000 people died and over 70,000 were injured; the schools in neighboring areas collapsed). I was there to train middle school teachers...
