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May.17.2012 - 10:04 pm
What Bees Communicate About
I am swimming in Lake Temescal, a gemmed oasis flanked by meadows, trees, including Redwoods and local Manzanitas, and hiking paths smack in the city of Oakland.  But even...
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Apr.26.2012 - 4:17 pm
Many Thousand Strong Tell Wells Fargo: You Owe Us
John Stumpf, CEO Wells Fargo
On Tuesday, April 24, 2012, a coalition of homeowners, clergy, immigrant rights advocates, unions, tenant rights groups and residents who represent some of the hardest hit...
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Apr.24.2012 - 6:39 pm
Stockholder and Grandmother Betty Calls Out Wells Fargo
A line of Wells Fargo Stockholders barricaded from entering the Wells Fargo Annual Shareholders Meeting
Wells Fargo held their annual shareholders meeting today in San Francisco.  Betty, a stock holder and grandmother who lives in Portland, took a vacation day from work to...
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Mar.28.2012 - 10:10 pm
#OccupyPlay
The Bay Area Coalition for Play   We are a group of educators and other professionals who are concerned about the increasing lack of time and safe spaces for children to...
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Comments from Jane

Jan.16.2012 - 5:03 pm
In response to: Occupy Oakland in 2012
Our mayor, Jean Quan is
Our mayor, Jean Quan is referring to the impact of Gov Jerry Brown's decision to dissolve the State's Revelopment...
Nov.11.2011 - 10:02 am
In response to: Occupy Oakland 11.9.11
check out this straight up talk from my hometown cop
http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/11/10/366398/oakland-cop-supports-movement/
Sep.05.2011 - 10:00 pm
In response to: Silverware
Silverware, a sound poem
"Being open to meaning is an attitude, a process.  It is a 'waiting with' rather than a 'waiting for.'  And...
May.20.2011 - 4:08 pm
In response to: Alley Frogs
Frogs, in the Mission???
Frogs, in the Mission???
May.20.2011 - 4:07 pm
In response to: Alley Frogs
alley frogs
my newest audio post - from The Mission, SF.

Writing

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Article: Creating a Classroom of Inquiry at the University of California at Berkeley: The Harold E. Jones Child Study Center
Poem: Dear Diary
Article: Why Children Need to be Outside at School

Published Reviews

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Outdoor Play: Teaching Strategies with Young Children
Published by The Association for the Study of Play Review, Vol. 30, No. 3
In this era of high-stakes testing, play is viewed by a growing number of school officials as a misuse of instructional time. I regularly receive emails from parents in my home...
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Audio & Video

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Image Gallery: Design that supports a social ecology of children’s learning: the Harold Jones Child Study Center
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Audio: Audio to Many Thousand Strong Tell Wells Fargo: You Owe Us
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Audio: Stockholder and Grandmother Betty Calls out Wells Fargo
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About Jane

"Promoting independent outdoor play is especially important when children's lives are increasingly regulated by the company of adults. . . . Outdoor play settings may be the one place where children can independently orchestrate their own negotiations...
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Causes Jane Perry Supports

Alameda County Community Food Bank Museum of Children's Art, Oakland Regional Parks Foundation The San Francisco Botanical Garden Society Democracy Now