# Five Freedoms

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- [5 Things You Can Do: Speech](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-speech/): Read First Freedoms: A Documentary History of First Amendment Rights in America Establish School-wide “You Be the Judge” Debates Give Your Students a “First Amendment 101” Mini-Course Revisit Your School’s Free-Expression Policies Sponsor an Annual First Amendment Day 1. Read First Freedoms: A Documentary History of First Amendment Rights in America A rich and engaging
- [5 Things You Can Do: Reflect](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-reflect/): Read Finding Our Way Keep a Blog on the Network at fivefreedoms.org Become Skilled in Critical Friendship (Slowly) Think a New Way Into Being Conduct Stakeholder Interviews 1. Read Finding Our Way Finding Our Way is a collection of organizational theorist Margaret Wheatley's articles. Wheatley applies themes she has addressed throughout her career to detail
- [5 Things You Can Do: Press](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-press/): Take a News U Course Build Your Skills as a Faculty Adviser Test Your Students’ Knowledge of Student Press Law Revisit Your School’s Free-Press Policies Strengthen Your School’s Commitment to Youth Media 1. Take a News U Course A project of The Poynter Institute for Media Studies funded by the John S. and James L.
- [5 Things You Can Do: Petition](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-petition/): Read Arguing About Slavery Teach Your Students About the Right to Petition Visit First Amendment Center's Petition page Revisit Your School’s Free-Expression Policies Sponsor an Annual First Amendment Day 1. Read Arguing About Slavery In this insightful book by historian William Lee Miller, we return to the period between 1835 and 1844, when the United
- [5 Things You Can Do: Let Come](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-let-come/): Read The Long Haul “Let Go” of Old Habits & Ways of Seeing Don’t Let Go Of Everything Practice “Urgent Patience” Conduct Stakeholder Interviews 1. Read The Long Haul The Long Haul is the autobiography of Myles Horton, whose Highlander Folk School helped train civil rights activists like Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and
- [5 Things You Can Do: Equity](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-equity/): Identify “20 Things I Will Do” Begin Having Courageous Conversations Develop Your Capacity to Lead for Equity Build Your Community’s Problem-Solving Capacity Explore the Meaning of Equity 1. Identify “20 Things I Will Do” EdChange is a team of passionate, experienced, established educators dedicated to equity, diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice. The EdChange staff develops
- [5 Things You Can Do: Equip](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-equip/): Read The Right to Learn Take a Learning Style Self-Assessment Focus on Visible and Invisible Fields of Influence Make Clarity (of Purpose and Roles) Your Constant Goal Trust the Process (and Track Your Progress) 1. Read The Right to Learn As the United States transitions into a new century — and a more interconnected, interdependent
- [5 Things You Can Do: Democratic Practices](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-democratic-practices/): Read Revolutionizing America’s Schools Measure Your Community’s Civic Index Make Respect an Essential Value at Your School Help Students Take Action on What Matters Most to Them Focus on (Civic) Responsibilities and (Individual) Rights 1. Read Revolutionizing America’s Schools America has never really been a fully functioning democracy, and there are now signs of further
- [5 Things You Can Do: Create](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-create/): Read We Make the Road by Walking Get on The Soapbox Identify the Attributes of A Learning Community Loosen Your Grip on Decision-Making Track the Aspirations of Your Students 1. Read We Make the Road by Walking Myles Horton, the founder of the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, and Paulo Freire, a Brazilian educational leader
- [5 Things You Can Do: Connect](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-connect/): Read Theory U Take a Learning Style Self-Assessment Take a Systems Thinking Workshop Attend a Pegasus Conference Spend a Day in a Different School (or Shadow a Colleague) 1. Read Theory U Across all fields, top-down management models are increasingly out of step with the personal needs of people and the optimal conditions for productivity.
- [5 Things You Can Do: Climate](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-climate/): Measure the Quality of Your Climate for Learning Attend to Your Students’ Social and Emotional Learning Needs Build a Climate of Trust Foster the Three R’s of Civil Friction Nurture Ethics and Character 1. Measure the Quality of Your Climate for Learning The Center for Social and Emotional Education (CSEE) helps schools integrate crucial social
- [5 Things You Can Do: Balance](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-balance/): Balance Advocacy With Inquiry Balance Multiple Perspectives Balance What Needs to Improve With What Needs to be Kept Balance Minority and Majority Voices Balance Critical Lenses 1. Balance Advocacy With Inquiry As Myles Horton writes in The Long Haul, "Stretching people's minds is part of educating, but always in terms of a democratic goal. That
- [MC2 School Governance Structure](https://fivefreedoms.org/mc2-school-governance-structure/)
- [Reflect (or, take the time to know “who’s there”)](https://fivefreedoms.org/reflect-or-take-the-time-to-know-whos-there/): Reflect (or, take the time to know “who’s there”) When I was a teacher, my favorite task was reading Hamlet with high school seniors. We would read the play together in the spring, just as my students’ high school careers — and childhoods — were coming to an end. The title character and my students
- [Let Come (or, let the group’s shared vision naturally come into being)](https://fivefreedoms.org/let-come-or-let-the-groups-shared-vision-naturally-come-into-being/): “If we could change a society like we can change the position of the furniture in a house, it would be fantastic,” said the educator Paulo Freire in a 1987 address. “It would just be a question of muscular power. But history is not like this.” Freire believed educators were particularly burdened by the challenges
- [Equip (or, equip people with what they need to see their new ideas through)](https://fivefreedoms.org/equip-or-equip-people-with-what-they-need-to-see-their-new-ideas-through/): The Five Freedoms Project’s first three foundational skills of leadership — self-awareness (Reflect), systems thinking (Connect), and shared decision-making (Create) — are necessary and insufficient by themselves. In an organizational context, each continually influences and shapes the others. It is through the combination of these abilities that educators become more effective leaders, and there is
- [Create (or, recognize that “people only support what they create”)](https://fivefreedoms.org/create-or-recognize-that-people-only-support-what-they-create/): See if this sounds familiar: You’re attending a professional meeting with a large group of colleagues. Shortly after it begins, you’re broken up into smaller groups and given a task that is in some way related to the larger goal of the meeting. Your instructions are to discuss the assigned issue with your smaller group
- [Connect (or, make the connections that let you “see the whole board”)](https://fivefreedoms.org/connect-or-make-the-connections-that-let-you-see-the-whole-board/): “From a very early age,” Peter Senge writes in his classic book, The Fifth Discipline, “we are taught to break apart problems, to fragment the world.” This reflex makes complex tasks seem more approachable. But the truth is we all pay a price for this delusion. In the same way a reassembled broken mirror cannot
- [Balance](https://fivefreedoms.org/balance/): We all seek balance in our lives. Indeed, the search for balance is a fundamental part of the human condition. Imagine how much more enjoyable — and effective — our schools would be if we assessed them, in part, through this prism? To that end, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) has proposed
- [Awareness (or, Provide information)](https://fivefreedoms.org/awareness-or-provide-information/): Learning to use our voices effectively helps bring power to our lives. If we are unused to having our voice matter, we need to expand our awareness of the options we have available to us to be seen and heard. We may, in fact, be skeptical that what we’ve experienced in the past won’t be
- [Aspiration](https://fivefreedoms.org/aspiration/): Aspiration (or, Connect to Purpose) An individual’s learning is always based in personal experience and personal meaning. We must identify what matters to us for our voice to be of true value. To aspire is to have a great ambition or ultimate goal; to desire strongly; to strive toward an end; and/or to soar. The
- [Application (or, Develop Tools and Strategies)](https://fivefreedoms.org/application-or-develop-tools-and-strategies/): Identifying the best tools and strategies for developing the will, skill and habits necessary for being seen and heard is an essential step for any citizen in a democratic community. Exercising one’s right to free speech responsibly, honestly and with clarity; always speaking out on matters of conscience; asking for and responding to feedback; and
- [Adjustment](https://fivefreedoms.org/adjustment/): Adjustment (or, Revise and Renew) In the final stage of the learning cycle, we learn from our own efforts by observing what works, what doesn’t, and what we must adjust so we can effectively integrate our learning into our engagement with the world around us. Since the days of Dewey, educational theorists have argued we
- [Action](https://fivefreedoms.org/action/): Action (or, Implement and Evaluate) For learning to truly take root and become a part of who we are, we must be able to use what we learn in personally meaningful ways. The same is true with our voice. Making ourselves seen and heard, taking a stand for what matters to us, and contributing to
- [Achievement](https://fivefreedoms.org/achievement/): Achievement If there is a bottom line in schools today, it’s this — educators must do whatever it takes to help close the achievement gap and improve student learning. The Five Freedoms Project supports this worthy goal. Schools that are not creating more optimal conditions for student achievement are not fulfilling their duty as institutions
- [5 Things You Can Do: Awareness](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-awareness/): Explore School Governance Structures Learn About Developmental Stages of Student Empowerment Value Families’ Knowledge Connect with Other Schools Rethink, Revisit, Reconnect 1. Explore School Governance Structures Although any school wanting to revise its governance structure should invest in the time it will take to craft a truly co-created vision —the change process is inherently constructivist,
- [5 Things You Can Do: Assembly](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-assembly/): Read Marching on Washington Visit firstamendmentcenter.org’s Assembly page Teach a 1Voice Lesson Revisit Your School’s Free-Expression Policies Organize a Constitution Day Assembly 1. Read Marching on Washington As new generations of Americans continue to exercise their First Amendment right to peaceable assembly by taking to the streets, California State Archivist Lucy Barber looks at the
- [5 Things You Can Do: Aspiration](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-aspiration/): Define What Greatness Means to You Listen to Each Other’s Dreams Hold a Community Visioning Event Develop Ecosystems of Allies Stay Inspired 1. Define What Greatness Means to You In Good to Great and the Social Sector, management consultant Jim Collins states, “We need to reject the naïve imposition of the ‘language of business’ on
- [5 Things You Can Do: Application](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-application/): Look at Models for Student Voice Empower Voices through Writing Co-Create Meaning Develop Tools for Deliberative Dialogue Use Tools for Co-Creating 1. Look at Models for Student Voice SoundOut is an organization that promotes student voice in school through research, training, and resource-sharing. Its systemic approaches to whole-school reform “emphasize practical, considerable and holistic
- [5 Things You Can Do: Adjustment](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-adjustment/): 5 Things You Can Do: Adjustment Clarify Your School’s Shared Calling Co-Sensing Identify your ‘Blind Spot” Prototype New Ideas for Encouraging All Voices Create a Culture of Critical Friendship 1. Clarify Your School’s Shared Calling As organizational consultant Peter Block writes, “"No future is created by simply solving problems. You have to tap into people's
- [5 Things You Can Do: Action](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-action/): Find Out What Kids Can Do Support Youth Voice and Youth Service Give Students Opportunities to Work Together Build Your Community’s Capacity for Collaboration Renew Your School 1. Find Out What Kids Can Do What Kids Can Do (WKCD) is a national nonprofit founded in January 2001. Using the Internet, print, and broadcast media, WKCD
- [5 Things You Can Do: Achievement](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-achievement/): Use Protocols to Make Sense of Student Achievement Data Use Performance Assessments Assess Habits of Mind and Being Measure Civic Literacy & Skills Take the Bronx SAT 1. Use Protocols to Make Sense of Student Achievement Data Sometimes, discussing student data can make people feel “on the spot” or exposed, either for themselves, their students
- [Voice - The Five Features](https://fivefreedoms.org/voice/): Our voice is the chief tool through which we make ourselves seen and heard by others. Teaching students how to use their voice, effectively and with integrity, must therefore be a primary objective for any school aspiring to meaningful learning and democratic practice. How can schools structure such a personal process, while still allowing for
- [The Five Freedoms](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms/): The Five Freedoms More so than any other part of the U.S. Constitution of Bill of Rights, the five freedoms of the First Amendment embody what is most sacred about America's historic commitment to create a free and responsible society. The Freedom Forum's 2022 Update to its survey "The First Amendment: Where America Stands" shows
- [Lesson Plans: Religious Liberty](https://fivefreedoms.org/lesson-plans-religious-liberty/): Home › Religious Liberty › Lesson Plans: Religious Liberty Lesson Plans: Religious Liberty Teaching About the Five Freedoms Here, you'll find a variety of collections, single lesson plans, and other resources available on the Web to support learning and teaching about the First Amendment's Five Freedoms. In addition to whatever existing resources you use, consider
- [Speech](https://fivefreedoms.org/speech/): Home › Speech Speech "As many as 35% [of American high school students] thought the First Amendment goes too far in the rights that it guarantees" is one of the key findings in the Knight Foundation's 2011 Future of the First Amendment Survey, a study of 112,000 high school students. A key finding in a Future
- [Religious Liberty](https://fivefreedoms.org/religious-liberty/): Home › Religious Liberty Religious Liberty "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" — these words mark the beginning of the Bill of Rights, establishing what has become known as the separation of church and state. For many educators who have become sensitized to the diversity
- [5 Things You Can Do: Religious Liberty](https://fivefreedoms.org/5-things-you-can-do-religious-liberty/): Read Finding Common Ground Learn More About Religion’s Proper Role in the Classroom Teach About Religion in Constitutionally Permissible Ways Revisit Your School’s Religious Liberty Policies Educate Parents About Religion’s Proper Role in Schools 1. Read Finding Common Ground Finding Common Ground, by Charles C. Haynes and Oliver Thomas, is a First Amendment guide to
- [What We Value](https://fivefreedoms.org/what-we-value/): To help educators create high-functioning democratic learning communities, the Five Freedoms Project provides an actionable framework for school leadership, based on four overlapping themes: Freedom, Leadership, Voice and Impact. Inalienable Rights - The Five Freedoms Religious Liberty. Speech. Press. Assembly. Petition. Learn More Leadership - The Five Foundations Reflect. Connect. Create. Equip. Let Come.
- [Leadership](https://fivefreedoms.org/leadership/): Reflect (or, take the time to know “who’s there”) Before we can ever hope to become the most effective teacher, parent, or school leader, we must be willing to do the internal, reflective work necessary to answer the question, “Who’s there?” Learn More | 5 Things You Can Do Connect (or, make the connections that
- [Five Things You Can Do](https://fivefreedoms.org/five-things-you-can-do/): Home › Five Things You Can Do Taking action is an essential component of democratic practice. The Five Freedoms Project offers an actionable framework for leadership, based on four overlapping themes. For each of those themes, we offer a collection of resources for taking action: Freedom, Leadership, Voice, and Impact. Learn More
- [Impact - The Five Factors](https://fivefreedoms.org/impact-the-five-factors/): Achievement If there is a bottom line in schools today, it’s this — educators must do whatever it takes to help close the achievement gap and improve student learning.Learn More | 5 Things You Can Do Balance We all seek balance in our lives. Indeed, the search for balance is a fundamental part of the
- [Nancy Barajas](https://fivefreedoms.org/nancy-barajas/): Home › Nancy Barajas Submitted by sam on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 18:40. Nancy Barajas teaches sixth grade at Fairview Elementary School in Modesto, California. In her classroom, all young people feel visible and valued. Each day, Barajas asks her students to pledge to each other and their families, "Si Sue Puede!"
- [Primo Levi](https://fivefreedoms.org/primo-levi/): Home › Primo Levi Submitted by sam on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 15:23. An Italian Jew, Primo Levi survived a year in the Nazi concentration camps. After WWII he returned to Italy and worked as a chemist while writing about his experiences in Auschwitz. Following the war, the world was mostly silent about the Holocaust
- [Mohandas Gandhi](https://fivefreedoms.org/mohandas-gandhi/): Home › Mohandas Gandhi Submitted by sam on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 17:50. Mohandas Gandhi was trained as a lawyer in South Africa. When he encountered governmental oppression there, and later in his native India, he demonstrated — through leading non-violent protest based on adherence-in-action to First Amendment principles — that truth and peace were ultimately
- [Privacy Policy](https://fivefreedoms.org/privacy-policy/): Home › Privacy Policy Privacy Policy Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy. Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will
- [Myles Horton](https://fivefreedoms.org/myles-gorton/): Home › Myles Horton Submitted by kim on Sat, 07/12/2008 - 17:13. Working with James Dombrowski and Don West, Horton founded the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee in 1932. Highlander offered leadership training for the Appalachian labor movement in the 1930s and 1940s, before turning to civil rights and desegregation. Myles Horton worked with
- [Lesson Plans: Petition](https://fivefreedoms.org/lesson-plans-petition/): Home › Petition › Lesson Plans: Petition Lesson Plans: Petition Teaching About the Five Freedoms Here, you'll find a variety of collections, single lesson plans, and other resources available on the Web to support learning and teaching about the First Amendment's Five Freedoms. As you explore these resources, please share with us what works well
- [Contact Us](https://fivefreedoms.org/contact-us/): Contact Us The Five Freedoms Project's central office is located in Washington, DC. To contact us, direct your correspondence to: The Five Freedoms Project1825 Connecticut Ave NW, #1035 NorthWashington, DC 20009(202) 884-8478info@fivefreedoms.org
- [Senator Dale Bumpers](https://fivefreedoms.org/senator-dale-bumpers/): Home › Senator Dale Bumpers Submitted by sam on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 20:20. Dale Bumpers came from a hardscrabble life in Northwest Arkansas, became a Constitution-loving small town lawyer, and helped bring about some of the earliest school-integration efforts in the south. He is one of the great modern defenders of the U.S. Constitution and
- [Ken Paulson](https://fivefreedoms.org/ken-paulson/): Home › Ken Paulson Ken Paulson, current editor-in-chief of the USA Today, has been a champion of the First Amendment throughout his career. A former executive director of the First Amendment Center, Paulson also has led committees of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, which focus on the expansion of First Amendment principles in the
- [Cesar Chavez](https://fivefreedoms.org/cesar-chavez/): Home › Cesar Chavez Submitted by sam on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 19:49. Cesar Chavez, an American farm worker of Mexican descent, was a labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, founded the National Farm Workers' Association (which later became the United Farm Workers). By amplifying the voices of immigrant laborers, Chavez helped
- [Myles Miller](https://fivefreedoms.org/myles-miller/): Home › Myles Miller Submitted by sam on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 20:06. Myles Miller is a remarkable young man. A Freshman in high school at Bronx Prep Academy in New York City, Myles is an aspiring journalist, debater, and defender of freedom for all. He is one to be watched.
- [Ben Daly](https://fivefreedoms.org/ben-daly/): Home › Ben Daly Submitted by sam on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 14:19. As an 18-year-old senior in high school in Leakey, Texas, Ben Daly was told to cut his hair on the first day of school. Ben refused, citing his religious belief derived from the Old Testament that hair should not be cut. In September,
- [Billie Holiday](https://fivefreedoms.org/billie-holiday/): Home › Billie Holiday Submitted by sam on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 12:22. One of the greatest jazz singers of all time, Billie Holiday battled deep-seated racism and sexism throughout her career to make her unique and powerful voice heard. With her shattering 1939 rendition of "Strange Fruit," a deeply moving song about lynching in the
- [Paul Robeson](https://fivefreedoms.org/paul-robeson/): Home › Paul Robeson Submitted by sam on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 13:11. Robeson, perhaps the greatest renaissance man the U.S. bore in the twentieth century, used his platform as a performer to speak out against fascism, racism, colonialism, and the oppression of workers. Lloyd Brown, a writer and long-time colleague of Robeson, called him "the
- [FAQs: Press](https://fivefreedoms.org/faqs-press/): Home › Press › FAQs: Press FAQs: Press Does the First Amendment apply to public schools? Yes. The First Amendment applies to all levels of government, including public schools. Although the courts have permitted school officials to limit the rights of students under some circumstances, the courts have also recognized that students—like all citizens—are guaranteed
- [Lesson Plans: Assembly](https://fivefreedoms.org/lesson-plans-assembly/): Lesson Plans: Assembly Teaching About the Five Freedoms Here, you'll find a variety of collections, single lesson plans, and other resources available on the Web to support learning and teaching about the First Amendment's Five Freedoms. As you explore these resources, please share with us what works well for you, what modifications you make, what
- [Our Partners](https://fivefreedoms.org/our-partners/): Home › Who We Are › Our Partners Our Partners The Five Freedoms Project was launched with the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Other key supporters include the McCormick Tribune Foundation; the Academy for Educational Development (AED); and Stanford University's School Redesign Network (SRN). Most importantly, this initiative depends
- [Lesson Plans: Press](https://fivefreedoms.org/lesson-plans-press/): Home › Press › Lesson Plans: Press Lesson Plans: Press Teaching About the Five Freedoms Here, you'll find a variety of collections, single lesson plans, and other resources available on the Web to support learning and teaching about the First Amendment's Five Freedoms. As you explore these resources, please share with us what works well
- [Our Philosophy & Mission](https://fivefreedoms.org/our-philosophy-mission/): Home › Who We Are › Our Philosophy & Mission Our Philosophy & Mission Our philosophy is that America’s young people need educators who can do more than raise test scores; they need leaders who spark student learning by creating schools in which everyone has voice, value and visibility. We also believe our democracy needs
- [Lesson Plans: Speech](https://fivefreedoms.org/lesson-plans-speech/): Home › Speech › Lesson Plans: Speech Lesson Plans: Speech Teaching About the Five Freedoms Here, you'll find a variety of collections, single lesson plans, and other resources available on the Web to support learning and teaching about the First Amendment's Five Freedoms. As you explore these resources, please share with us what works well
- [Miles Davis](https://fivefreedoms.org/miles-davis/): Home › Miles Davis Submitted by sam on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 15:20. One of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis has been at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz since World War II. His greatest achievement as a musician, however, was to move beyond his reputation as an
- [Terms of Use](https://fivefreedoms.org/terms-of-use/): Home › Terms of Use Terms of Use 1. Terms By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any
- [FAQs: Speech](https://fivefreedoms.org/faqs-speech/): Home › Speech › FAQs: Speech FAQs: Speech Does the First Amendment apply to public schools? Yes. The First Amendment applies to all levels of government, including public schools. Although the courts have permitted school officials to limit the rights of students under some circumstances, the courts have also recognized that students — like all
- [Assembly](https://fivefreedoms.org/assembly/): Home › Assembly Assembly First Amendment Center Vice President and Executive Director Gene Policinski's essay Civil Rights Effort Drew on all 5 First Amendment Freedoms begins by noting "we mark the 50th anniversary this month of a hallmark image of the civil rights era — the earliest lunch-counter sit-ins." Indeed the right to assemble peaceably
- [Press](https://fivefreedoms.org/press/): Home › Press Press A guiding mantra for ASCD’s First Amendment Schools initiative is “rights, responsibilities, and respect,” recognizing that modeling democratic principles and educating for citizenship not only requires students know what their rights are, but that they know how to exercise those rights responsibly and respectfully. Perhaps nowhere is the tension between rights,
- [Administrators](https://fivefreedoms.org/administrators/): Home › Administrators
- [Gerlma Johnson](https://fivefreedoms.org/gerlma-johnson/): Home › Gerlma Johnson Submitted by sam on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 16:06. Gerlma Johnson is the principal of the Charles Drew Academy in Detroit, Michigan. As a member of the Five Freedoms Project's inaugural class of Leadership Fellows, Gerlma represents a new generation of school leaders who share a vision of education in which all
- [Rob Williams](https://fivefreedoms.org/rob-williams/): Home › Rob Williams Submitted by sam on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 16:03. An elementary school principal in Modesto, California, Rob Williams knows what it means to take the First Amendment seriously in a school setting. As a member of the Five Freedoms Project's inaugural class of Leadership Fellows, Rob hopes to help other administrators strike
- [Jayne Ropella](https://fivefreedoms.org/jayne-ropella/): Home › Jayne Ropella Submitted by sam on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 16:00. An elementary school principal (Eastern Heights Elementary) in St. Paul, Minnesota, Jayne Ropella is a member of the Five Freedoms Project's inaugural class of Leadership Fellows. Along with her colleagues, Jayne is committed to a vision of education in which all children are
- [Schedule a Workshop](https://fivefreedoms.org/schedule-a-workshop/): Home › Schedule a Workshop Schedule a Workshop The Five Freedoms Project provides customized professional development workshops, based on request and availability. Workshop themes include, but need not be limited to, the following subjects: Leadership Development for K-12 principals Understanding the Individual and Organizational Change Process Teaching about the First Amendment Strengthening Student Voice Rethinking
- [Our Impact](https://fivefreedoms.org/our-impact/): Our Impact Our impact on the schools we support will be assessed in five key areas. Taken together, these areas will comprise a balanced scorecard outlining the ABC’s of whole-school improvement: Achievement(academic achievement, learning support programs, etc.) Balance (multiple measures of student assessment, alignment between practices and policies, etc.) Climate(physical and social/emotional safety, clarity of
- [The Five Freedoms Timeline](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-timeline/): Home › Five Freedoms Timeline Five Freedoms Timeline 1215 English barons force King John to sign the Magna Carta, the first acknowledgment that a monarch's power is not absolute. 1620 The Mayflower Compact forms the Plymouth Colony and establishes a temporary government based on a social contract and equality of law. 1628 In England, the
- [First Amendment and Public Schools](https://fivefreedoms.org/first-amendment-and-public-schools/): Does the First Amendment apply to public schools? Yes. The First Amendment applies to all levels of government, including public schools. Although the courts have permitted school officials to limit the rights of students under some circumstances, the courts have also recognized that students — like all citizens — are guaranteed the rights protected by
- [Petition](https://fivefreedoms.org/petition/): Home › Petition By Adam Newton & Ronald K.L Collins The petition clause concludes the First Amendment’s ringing enumeration of expressive rights and, in many ways, supports them all. Petition is the right to ask government at any level to right a wrong or correct a problem. Although a petition is only as meaningful as
- [Five Freedoms Dialogue Series](https://fivefreedoms.org/five-freedoms-dialogue-series/): Home › Five Freedoms Dialogue Series
- [Equity](https://fivefreedoms.org/equity/): To ensure greater equity (or, to reduce the predictive value sociocultural and economic characteristics have on student achievement) in our educational system, the Five Freedoms Project helps school leaders address two pressing challenges — improving the performance of our public schools, and strengthening the effectiveness of our civic activism — at the same time. These
- [Democratic Practice](https://fivefreedoms.org/democratic_practice/): One of the great paradoxes of human beings is that we feel two pressing needs at the same time — the freedom that comes from defining ourselves as individuals, and the security that comes from feeling connected to one another. Sometimes, this paradox leads us to satisfy one need at the expense of the other.
- [Climate](https://fivefreedoms.org/climate/): “For almost a hundred years,” explains Jonathan Cohen, director of the Center for Social & Emotional Education (CSEE), “educators have appreciated the importance of school climate – the quality or character of school life. We can all remember childhood moments when we felt particularly safe (or unsafe) in school, when we felt particularly connected to
- [The Five Freedoms Project Videos](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-videos/): Home › The Five Freedoms Project Videos The Five Freedoms Project Videos Our vision is of a nation where all citizens possess the skills and self-confidence they need to be visible to others in meaningful, responsible ways. What is The Five Freedoms Project? First Amendment 101 A series of short informational videos about the First
- [Roger Williams](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-2/): Home › Roger Williams Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 04:33. Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, envisioned his state as "a haven for the cause of conscience." Williams, a deeply religious man, was convinced God required "soul liberty," because God created every person with freedom of conscience - the freedom to choose
- [Katy Dean](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-59/): Home › Katy Dean Submitted by sam on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 14:15. As a reporter and editor of her high school student newspaper in Utica, Michigan, Katy Dean fought for the right to publish a story about a lawsuit filed against her school over the health affects of fumes from idling school buses. As a
- [M. Jamal Fields](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-58/): Home › M. Jamal Fields Submitted by sam on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 16:12. A principal in Modesto, California, Jamal Fields is a National Leadership Fellow with the Five Freedoms Project. His ideal school is a place where "kids and adults are on a journey of discovery together. Students, staff and families are actively engaged in
- [Cassandra Carland](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-70/): Home › Cassandra Carland Submitted by sam on Tue, 08/12/2008 - 18:24. Cass Carland, a native of New Hampshire, is a recent high school graduate. Cass is also, in her spare time, an advocate for her faith, an amateur photographer, and an inquisitive spirit. Her motto -- "How we live our days is, of course,
- [Mary Kennerly](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-69/): Home › Mary Kennerly Submitted by sam on Tue, 08/12/2008 - 18:20. Mary Kennerly has been educating -- and empowering -- young people in Columbia, South Carolina for the duration of her distinguished career. Currently a master Social Studies teacher for her district, Mary was the principal at Nursery Road Elementary School when it attracted
- [Ken Dunlap](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-68/): Home › Ken Dunlap Submitted by sam on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 17:23. Ken Dunlap is the principal of Powell High School, in Knoxville, Tennessee. As a member of the Five Freedoms Project's inaugural class of National Leadership Fellows, Ken is committed to making Powell a more collaborative, democratic and high-achieving school community. His personal motto?
- [Marilyn Rockey](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-67/): Home › Marilyn Rockey Submitted by sam on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 17:20. A principal in Modesto, California, Marilyn Rockey is a member of the Five Freedoms Project's inaugural class of National Leadership Fellows. Rockey's ideal school is a place where "true learning through experiences is a priority and assessment is not a focus but rather
- [Ruby Etheridge](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-66/): Home › Ruby Etheridge Submitted by sam on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 17:17. Ruby Etheridge, Associate Superintendent for Middle Schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is one of 45 National Leadership Fellows as selected by the Five Freedoms Project. Ruby's commitment is to the cultivation of a district in which leadership is shared, conditions for student learning
- [Elden Esmerelda](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-65/): Home › Elden Esmeralda Submitted by sam on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 17:01. Elden Esmeralda, an educator for the past 21 years, is the principal of Nanaikapono Elementary School in Waianae, Hawaii. As a member of the Five Freedoms Project's inaugural class of National Leadership Fellows, Elden models a collaborative, servant-oriented approach to leadership in his
- [Adell Cueva](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-64/): Home › Adell Cueva Submitted by sam on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 16:56. Adell Cueva is the principal of Weber-Hardin Elementary School in Mathis, Texas. As a member of the inaugural class of the Five Freedoms Project's National Leadership Fellows, Adell embodies an approach to leadership that is collaborative, empowering, and grounded in our nation's democratic
- [Robyn Davis](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-63/): Home › Robyn Davis Submitted by sam on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 16:53. Robyn Davis, principal of Pasadena Park Elementary, was selected as a National Leadership Fellow by the Five Freedoms Project. As one of 45 K-12 principals from across the country selected to participate, Robyn has committed to making Pasadena Park a more high-functioning, democratic
- [Nina Graves-Hicks](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-62/): Home › Nina Graves-Hicks Submitted by sam on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 16:47. Nina Hicks is the principal for Davis Aerospace High School, in Detroit, Michigan. An inaugural member of the Five Freedoms Leadership Academy, Nina is committed to making Davis a more collaborative, democratic and high-functioning learning community.
- [David Scott](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-61/): Home › David Scott Submitted by sam on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 16:44. Dave Scott, a Five Freedoms Leadership Fellow, coordinates all K-12 law-related education programs for the Northport School District in New York. A tireless advocate for the Constitution and Bill of Rights, Dave has helped ensure that thousands of fellow Americans -- young and
- [John "Jep" Peckler](https://fivefreedoms.org/the-five-freedoms-project-60/): Home › John "Jep" Peckler Submitted by sam on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 16:40. Jep Peckler is the principal of Toyon Middle School in Fresno, California. A member of the inaugural class of Five Freedoms Leadership Fellows, Peckler is "a strong believer in the candid sharing of information with school governance teams-- from school boards to
- [Charles Haynes](https://fivefreedoms.org/charles_haynes/): Home › Charles Haynes Submitted by sam on Tue, 08/12/2008 - 18:29. Charles Haynes is senior scholar at the First Amendment Center. He writes and speaks extensively on the role of religion in American public life. Best known for his work on First Amendment issues in public schools, Charles is also the author or co-author
- [FAQs: Freedom of Expression & Petition](https://fivefreedoms.org/faqs-freedom-of-expression-petition/): Does the First Amendment apply to public schools? Yes. The First Amendment applies to all levels of government, including public schools. Although the courts have permitted school officials to limit the rights of students under some circumstances, the courts have also recognized that students—like all citizens—are guaranteed the rights protected by the First Amendment.This was
- [FAQs: Freedom of Expression & Assembly](https://fivefreedoms.org/faqs-freedom-of-expression-assembly/): Does the First Amendment apply to public schools? Yes. The First Amendment applies to all levels of government, including public schools. Although the courts have permitted school officials to limit the rights of students under some circumstances, the courts have also recognized that students—like all citizens—are guaranteed the rights protected by the First Amendment.This was
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