David Blumenkrantz Ph.D. M.Ed. Archive
VisionQuest – Johannus Boots In the recently published book In Search of Self: Exploring Student Identity Development, editor Chad Hanson writes: “Students become new and different people through the course of their education. When students earn the right to say, …
Time for a Unifying Story© By David G. Blumenkrantz Stories are part of the human experience. “What’s the story?” is the first of 20 elements that serve as guiding principles in an architectural structure for youth and community development through …
We explore youth & community development through rites of passage as the rite story further in our a post featured on “All Things Healing” – “When We Get Our Story RITE We Get Our Future Right.” “Wrapped in a synthesis …
This article is in honor and the memory of one of my all time heroes Muhammad Ali 2. Artist: Yousuf Karsh – 1970 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh. The recently released …
A one ton roving robotic laboratory landed on Mars August 6, 2012. It’s name: Curiosity. We continue to make amazing advances through technology. Curiously, can we say the same thing about advances in helping to educate and raise our children? …
The Conversations ContinueFlorence, ItalySeptember 8, 2015 David G. Blumenkrantz, Ph.D., with Laura Remaschi, Ph.D., Ilana Bahbout, & Diego Galli Children entering puberty is nature’s way of saying that something needs to happen. It needs to happen in ways that help children …
Have you ever heard the Proverb: “It takes a whole village to raise a child”? Probably, since it is a well worn saying that has been used within the title of a books, articles, bumper stickers and even cartoons, which …
The conversation continues – June 9, 2015 @ 2:30 EST. At the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) conference a few weeks ago David Blumenkrantz and Jen Mendez collaborated to host and convene a conversation on “Rites of Passage in Educational …
Language is consciousness. The Swedish word for business is närings – liv. It means nourishment for life or nurturing life. In English the word business means “to be busy” – “a state of being much occupied or engaged”, or “what …
Ignaz Semmelweis was a legend in 19th Century medicine. His discovery saved millions of lives; however, he was vilified for his work at the time. Why? And, what lessons can we glean for youth development from his work? Semmelweis was a …
