by Dr. Jerry Stein | Jan 26, 2016 | All, Community, Training
Is there something you’ve always wanted to learn or a dream you’ve always wanted to explore? Then join us for “Check Out a Dream: Three Steps to Achieving Your Dream” this April at Riverview Library in St. Paul. Our three-part series will introduce you to Learning...
by Dr. Jerry Stein | Jun 19, 2015 | All, Community
Did you hear? There’s a posse of artists hawking cool art around the Twin Cities in support of Learning Dreams! Their name? Cardboardo. Let us explain. Cardboardo is the dream child of an autonomous group of creative rapscallions who make art to raise money for good...
by Dr. Jerry Stein | Jan 19, 2015 | All, Community, Family, Social Change
Everyone has dreams. Every community has rich resources that can help people work to achieve those dreams. Learning Dreams works to build connections between dreamers and community resources. We work to support struggling learners by exploring their dreams, their deep...
by Dr. Jerry Stein | Oct 20, 2014 | All, Community, Social Change
Below is a link to Dr. Jerry Stein’s presentation “Libraries and innovation: 21st century themes” as well as an introduction, summary and bibliography for the presentation. Stein’s presentation is based on a review of about 100 studies,...
by Dr. Jerry Stein | Apr 7, 2014 | All, Foundations, Social Change
Paul Tough, a New York Times writer and editor, is one of America’s foremost documenters on poverty, education and the achievement gap. His book, Whatever It Takes is an inspiring portrait of Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone. The Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ),...
by Dr. Jerry Stein | Mar 7, 2014 | All, Community, Foundations, Social Change
“New York Learns” offers the first composite picture of New York as an educational center” or stated in the language of this blog, it provides a brief overview of the vast learning ecology of New York City in 1939. Rather than a comprehensive list of the various types...