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Become a Detroit Future Schools Teacher!
We are excited to invite all teachers to apply for one of the most transformative and effective professional development opportunities of a lifetime.
Detroit Future Schools (DFS) needs innovative, passionate, committed teachers to apply. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. The first round of applications will be reviewed in April 2013.
Call for Session Proposals: (NO) Blank Slates: A DET X NOLA Cultural Exchange
We find it problematic when the term "Blank Slates" or "Blank Canvas" or "Clean Slate" comes into popular use in describing Detroit or New Orleans' present states post-disaster. Neither city is truly a "Blank Slate" – indeed there are layers upon layers of rich culture and history still present. And most importantly, there are people there.
Call for Session Proposals: Kids Transform The World!
Calling all Kids, Tweens, Youth, Young at Heart, Parents, Families and Friends! The Intergalactic Conspiracy of Childcare Collectives (ICCC) is beginning to build a wonderful world of children’s programing for the upcoming Allied Media Conference (AMC) this June in Detroit. We are working to create a space for kids, tweens, youth, parents and childcare providers to hold our own space at the AMC.
Help Promote the AMC: Social Media Images
Help us get the word out by sharing these fantastical images on social media.
Call for Session Proposals: Science & Social Movements
Why do organizers love science metaphors so much? Rhizomes, dandelions, "grassroots." Maybe it’s our conscious or subconscious desire to realign human social organization with the organization of the natural world.