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Photo Caption: David as “the inspired
author” in the Opera Pacifica’s production of I Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo, April 2005. Photo by Ellen
Sawislak.
David
H. Albert is a homeschooling dad, writer, storyteller,
and author of three books about homeschooling: Have
Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow. Homeschooling and the Curriculum of
Love (Common Courage Press, in Press); Homeschooling
and the Voyage of Self-Discovery (Common Courage Press,
2003); and And the Skylark Sings with Me: Adventures in Homeschooling and Community
Based-Education (New Society Publishers, 1999); editor
of a book about his Indian parents The
Color of Freedom (Common Courage Press, 2005); as well
as two books about the uses of storytelling, The
Healing Heart~Families and The
Healing Heart~Communities (New Soceity Publishers,
2003). He writes a regular column – “My Word! – for
Home Education Magazine, and a second column – “What
Really Matters” – with Joyce Reed, for The Link. He work
has appeared in scores of magazines and journals worldwide,
ranging from Life Learning Magazine to the Journal of the
American Philosophical Society. As founder of New Society
Publishers, he was both editor and publisher of John Taylor
Gatto’s Dumbing Us
Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, and
more than a 100 other titles. He was also a founding member
of Co-op
America
and the National Association of Socially Responsible
Businesses.
David lives in
Olympia
,
Washington
with his wife and partner Ellen and younger daughter Meera
(age 15). His older daughter Aliyah (18) is an undergraduate
at
Smith
College
in
Northampton
,
Massachusetts
, majoring in music composition. He holds degrees from
Williams
College
,
Oxford
University
, and the
University
of
Chicago
, but says the best education he ever received he gets from
his kids. When he is not learning with and from children,
writing, making music, or raising funds for community
development projects in south
India
, he serves as Senior Planning and Policy Analyst for the
Washington State Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse.
David is also an active member of the Religious Society of
Friends (Quakers), and moderator of the
Quaker Homeschooling Circle
.
David is available for speaking engagements or workshops in
your community. Write him at david@skylarksings.com
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