beespace.net » writing http://beespace.net Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:22:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Once Upon a School http://beespace.net/once-upon-a-school/ http://beespace.net/once-upon-a-school/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:50:06 +0000 Barbara Dieu http://beewebhead.net/2008/03/23/once-upon-a-school/ Continue reading →]]> Juliano Spyer has just directed me to the “Once upon a school” presentation made by David Eggers, Ted Prize Awards 2008 winner.

Eggers speaks about 826 Valencia, a San Francisco-based writing and tutoring lab for young people, and urges more people to get involved with their local schools and share their stories through his website Once Upon a School. .

For him, “”empowering a child with writing is the essence of democracy”.

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