The Foster Woods Folk School
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Humanities education in an EcoSocial Justice Framework, elementary through high school level courses. Find us at fosterwoods.org or on Outschool at https://shorturl.at/5woNM
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October 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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September 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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September 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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August 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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April 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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We are now enrolling learners for summer camps, courses, and clubs, as well as learners for the 2025-26 school year. Find details on our website at fosterwoods.org.
The Foster Woods Folk School
The Foster Woods Folk School focuses on education, storytelling, and the arts within an ecosocial justice framework aimed at celebrating and improving our connections as a global community of human an...
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April 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We are now enrolling learners for summer camps, courses, and clubs, as well as learners for the 2025-26 school year. Find details on our website at fosterwoods.org.
March 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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A proposed bill in Florida would allow kids as young as 14 to work overnight shifts 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠.
It won’t be private school kids who would take those jobs.
With fewer migrant workers, defunded public school kids would fill the void.
It’s all part of the plan.
It won’t be private school kids who would take those jobs.
With fewer migrant workers, defunded public school kids would fill the void.
It’s all part of the plan.
March 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A proposed bill in Florida would allow kids as young as 14 to work overnight shifts 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠.
It won’t be private school kids who would take those jobs.
With fewer migrant workers, defunded public school kids would fill the void.
It’s all part of the plan.
It won’t be private school kids who would take those jobs.
With fewer migrant workers, defunded public school kids would fill the void.
It’s all part of the plan.
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March 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Important essay by Foster Woods Folk School student Ian H. Thanks to our friends at @idavox.bsky.social for publishing Ian's essay.
The Parallels Between Psychiatric Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition
“In order to truly fix our broken approach to mental illness, there needs to be a change in attitude: one that goes from seeing people as inherently dangerous to treating them as human beings in need ...
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March 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Important essay by Foster Woods Folk School student Ian H. Thanks to our friends at @idavox.bsky.social for publishing Ian's essay.
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February 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Wishing everyone a great spring semester! Can't wait to see y'all when classes start tomorrow!
January 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Wishing everyone a great spring semester! Can't wait to see y'all when classes start tomorrow!
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Harriet Powers was born into slavery in Georgia in 1830s, lived through Civil War & later created extraordinary quilts based on scenes from Bible & other events. Look closely & you'll see she added quilted designs to her apron, definitively claiming her identity as an artist mfa.org/video/harrie...
January 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Harriet Powers was born into slavery in Georgia in 1830s, lived through Civil War & later created extraordinary quilts based on scenes from Bible & other events. Look closely & you'll see she added quilted designs to her apron, definitively claiming her identity as an artist mfa.org/video/harrie...
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“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
May we all embody that spirit and hold tight to our compassion.
#MLKDay
May we all embody that spirit and hold tight to our compassion.
#MLKDay
January 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
May we all embody that spirit and hold tight to our compassion.
#MLKDay
May we all embody that spirit and hold tight to our compassion.
#MLKDay
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#tdih 1865
Demands by Black ministers after Ebenezer Creek Massacre led to Special Field Order #15: a short-lived land distribution to freed people.
They established civic institutions, schools, militia (for defense from Klan), & more. #TeachReconstruction 🧵
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Demands by Black ministers after Ebenezer Creek Massacre led to Special Field Order #15: a short-lived land distribution to freed people.
They established civic institutions, schools, militia (for defense from Klan), & more. #TeachReconstruction 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sp...
Jan. 16, 1865: Special Field Order No. 15
Demands by Black ministers after the Ebenezer Creek Massacre led to the short-lived land distribution during Reconstruction known as Special Field Order No. 15.
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January 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#tdih 1865
Demands by Black ministers after Ebenezer Creek Massacre led to Special Field Order #15: a short-lived land distribution to freed people.
They established civic institutions, schools, militia (for defense from Klan), & more. #TeachReconstruction 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sp...
Demands by Black ministers after Ebenezer Creek Massacre led to Special Field Order #15: a short-lived land distribution to freed people.
They established civic institutions, schools, militia (for defense from Klan), & more. #TeachReconstruction 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sp...
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Anyone looking to ban a book from a school should have to prove they read it by presenting a book report to the school committee.
January 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Anyone looking to ban a book from a school should have to prove they read it by presenting a book report to the school committee.
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#tdih 2010 Earthquake in Haiti
. . . I want to talk about disasters.
How men make them with
embargoes, exploitation,
stigma, sabotage, scalding
debt & cold shoulders. — Lenelle Moïse
Full poem & more from: @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @democracynow.org ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ha...
. . . I want to talk about disasters.
How men make them with
embargoes, exploitation,
stigma, sabotage, scalding
debt & cold shoulders. — Lenelle Moïse
Full poem & more from: @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @democracynow.org ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ha...
Jan. 12, 2010: Earthquake in Haiti
#tdih On Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti was hit with a devastating earthquake that took the lives of thousands and displaced even more. Here is a lesson to help students read between the lines of the mainstrea...
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January 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#tdih 2010 Earthquake in Haiti
. . . I want to talk about disasters.
How men make them with
embargoes, exploitation,
stigma, sabotage, scalding
debt & cold shoulders. — Lenelle Moïse
Full poem & more from: @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @democracynow.org ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ha...
. . . I want to talk about disasters.
How men make them with
embargoes, exploitation,
stigma, sabotage, scalding
debt & cold shoulders. — Lenelle Moïse
Full poem & more from: @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @democracynow.org ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ha...