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Friends Association for Higher Education: Serving Mind and Spirit

In 1993 I had recently received tenure as an associate professor of English at a state university with an undergraduate… Barbara Dixson

An Approach to Religious Education

Members of the Menomonie Ministerial Association (M.A.M.A) stared at me in slack-jawed silence. We had been in the midst of… Mary Snyder

Finding Home at The Meeting School

I spent my sophomore and junior years of high school at The Meeting School, a small Quaker boarding school on… Shoshanna Brady

The Phoenix School For Girls

Early on an unseasonably cool, young September morning, a few firecrackers cut through the thick mist enveloping Xiaoshicun (Little Stone… James Reilly

Parent Involvement

As the cofounder of a parent-cooperative, early childhood education, community-based program that grew to become a school, I offer some… Bard Paul Michaels

Talking to Bob

On a clear, cool Friday afternoon several months ago, I led a small group of third-graders up to the ham… William G. Alberts

Meetings for Learning

When I think of writing about Quaker higher education in general, and the Resident Program at Pendle Hill in particular,… Chris Ravndal

Gentle Persuader and Loyal Friend: Mary Stone McDowell

In December 1955 the New York Times published an obituary, titled "Mary McDowell, Peace Crusader." The subtitle read: "Teacher Dismissed… Mary Lee Morrison

Intergenerational Learning in Friends Schools

Quakers believe in truth-seeking as a process of continuing revelation, seeing life as a journey of learning from one’s experiences… Sarah Sweeney-Denham

Exploring and Discovering a Friends School Meeting

When I first began teaching at a Friends school seven years ago, what I knew of Quakers derived mostly from… Matt Glendinning

Learning Peace in Time of War: A Classroom Retrospective

For four years I’ve been teaching a required interdisciplinary course on violence and nonviolence, called Peace and War, at Johnson… Judith Yarnall

The AFSC and School Desegregation

Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1959-1964 The involvement of the Religious Society of Friends in Prince Edward County dates back to… Betsy Brinson
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