Educators, parents, and students shared stories of how they’ve experienced these values and asked questions for discussion. One even drew a comic. We’d like to thank all the contributors, who generated 28 blog posts over four days.

We invited the public to write a blog post on any of the four defining values of the conference: human, powerful, relevant, and transformative. The prompt was “Real education is...”  Read them all below.  A special thanks goes to Melia Dicker from the Institute for Democratic Education in America who organized the blogging event.

Tuesday, November 1: Real Education is Human.

• Esther Ohito: "Teach for Humanity"
• Kirsten Olson: "Real Education is Human"
• Zahra Lightway: "What does human education mean?"
• Melia Dicker: "Real Education is Human"
• Justen Eason: "Real Education is Human"
• Jennifer Little: "Real Education is Human...and Empowering...and Uplifting"
• Scott Nine: "A list of incredible humans who know what real education looks like"
• Josu Uztarroz: "Educación Democrática: por encima de todo humana"

Wednesday, November 2: Real Education Is Powerful.

• Ammerah Saidi: "Real Education is Powerful"
• Melia Dicker: "Real Education is Powerful"
• Josu Uztarroz: "Educación Democrática: Poderosa"

Thursdsay, November 3: Real Education Is Relevant.

• Josu Uztarroz: "Educación Democrática: Relevante"
• Alison Bagg Brink: "Relevant Education"
• Adam Burk: "Real Education is Relevant"
• Melia Dicker: "Real Education is Relevant"
• Katie Stafford Strom: "Real Education Is Relevant: Lessons from Occupy Wall Street"
• Shawn Strader: "Real Education is Relevant"
• Megan Nesbeth: "Real Education is as Relevant as Buying Milk"

Friday, November 4: Real Education Is Transformative.

• Paula White: "Real Education is Transformative"
• Chad Sansing: "Real Education is Transformative"
• Kristan Morrison: "Teacher(s) Transformed"
• Justen Eason: "Real Education is Transformative"
• Nancy Flanagan: "Transformers Top Ten List"
• Jen Groves: "A Transformative Experience: Learning to Dive"
• Melia Dicker: "Real Education is Transformative"
• Josu Uztarroz: "Educación Democrática: Transformadora"

Other posts on IDEC:

• Jonah Canner: "A World Tour...My Experience with IDEC"
• Elizabeth Baker & Michele Beach: A conversation on human, powerful, relevant, and transformative education(VIDEO)