by Lisa Rathje | Sep 26, 2023 | News, Teaching with Primary Sources
The American Folklife Center’s latest Botkin Lecture video features Paddy and Lisa. In “Teaching Culture, Teaching Culturally: The Significance of Folklife Education in the Schools” they present an overview of folklore in K-12 education in the U.S....
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 25, 2023 | News, Professional Development News
Culture, Community, and the Classroom workshop explores culturally responsive, engaged learning through local traditional arts. It introduces concepts of cultural identity and opportunities to practice ethnographic research skills such as interviewing, note taking,...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 21, 2023 | News
We recently asked a very special group of individuals, “Do you remember where you were 30 years ago?” Because at Local Learning, we did. In 1993, the Folk Arts in Education Roundtable held at the National Endowment for the Arts explored the intersections of folk arts...
by Lisa Rathje | Jun 8, 2023 | News
Read our spring quarterly e-bulletin with updates about summer professional development, news from the field, and our reveal of the 2023-2028 Strategic Plan for Local Learning. Read it here!
by Lisa Rathje | May 30, 2023 | News
In 2019 the Local Learning board and staff met in Baltimore, MD, to think, work, and dream together as a part of a strategic planning process. We drafted a three-year plan that shaped the dynamic ways that Local Learning could strategically continue to nurture and...
by Lisa Rathje | Apr 24, 2023 | News
Our first quarter news bulletin has information about our growing network. Read more at http://icont.ac/4PKrL Fittingly, this latest newsletter is reaching you as we kick off spring and the growing season. Local Learning has been growing, too, and we’re excited...
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