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 | 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...
by Dr. Jerry Stein | Dec 13, 2013 | All, Community, Foundations, Social Change
Jane Addams is widely recognized as a national leader in the settlement house movement, which began in the 1880’s. This movement demonstrated that even in the poorest communities, populated by people who lacked formal education all varieties of learning could flourish...
by Dr. Jerry Stein | Nov 1, 2013 | All, Community, Foundations
In her book, A Home in the Heart of a City, Kathleen Hirsch labels each chapter with a verb: “Walking,” “Working,” “Making,” “Playing,” “Associating” etc. in order to make clear to the reader that the heart of community is acting and doing. The essential point she...