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What Are Schools For?

Quakers can advocate for alternatives to the dominant U.S. education paradigm that is based on industrial and military ideals of…

Bringing Quaker Values to the Classroom

I realize I’m not unbiased in my thinking about the subject of this special issue. I suspect that none of…

Spirituality in Action: Ethos and Ethic

I want to discuss ethos, the spiritual and moral context we create for Friends education to occur, and ethics, the…

“Meeting for Learning” at Princeton Friends School

As the founding head of Princeton Friends School, I’ve been asked time and again during the past 12 years the…

Friendly Community-Based Educating

We are a home-based educating family, and the world is our classroom. What does that mean, and how did we…

Can Friends Really Make a Difference in Educating All Our Youth?

Quakerism’s social testimony addresses the Inner Light that exists in each individual, and my home state of Pennsylvania gives particular…

Brand New

September 1987 represented a turning point in both my spiritual journey as a Friend and my professional life as a…

Growing Beyond Human Plans

Never in a million years would I have anticipated being a teacher, much less the co-founder of a school and…

Creating a Campus Quaker Culture

Processing a trip to an Amish settlement with my Guilford College "Plain People" course, a Quaker student shared with me…

Hershel and Janetta Hill

They have many wonderful life stories to tell, but none more vibrant than those about their current ministry. Every Monday…