The Humane Educator Blog
Teaching humans how to be the best of themselves.
Arming Teachers With Humane Education Instead of Guns
There is a new campaign out there known as #ArmMeWith. The first thing that comes to mind is #ArmMeWithHumaneEducation. Humane Education is the MOST powerful weapon we have in arming teachers in the fight against mass shootings and bullying at school. #ArmMeWith...
Students Stand for Social Justice
As a humane educator, I read books, magazines, journals and news articles about children and social justice issues. The status quo seems to be what adults think young people need to learn. Parents make the rules we think they need to follow. The media tells them what...
We All Have Humane Choices to Make
Without humane choices, violence (gun violence in particular), has escalated to previously unimaginable heights in our schools. Yet, here we are wondering how we got to this place. If you think that it will never happen at your school or in your neighborhood, you are...
Trading Weapons for Humane Education
In human education we continue to debate whether the guns or the people that own/use them are truly responsible for the senseless killing of innocent living beings. Whether it involves human beings or animals, this debate will continue. But today, I want to talk to...
Valentine’s Day Challenge – Creating Your Own Random Acts of Kindness
How blessed are we...Random Acts of Kindness Week and Valentine’s Day in the same week…that just begs for a kindness challenge, wouldn’t you agree??? Before I sat down to write this post, I went to Google to read several articles about the origins of Valentine’s Day. ...