Welcome to Class Action Learning! My name is Jan Magray and I want to invite you and other teachers, parents, and students around the world to join with me to support positive expression while doing purposeful learning.It is important to understand that it is not just “what” the student learns but also “how” they learn that results in well balanced healthy children and positive school environments.

As an educator for more than fifty years, it wasn’t until I worked with students in an after school program that I had the freedom to create a curriculum based on the needs of the students. I was challenged to design a way to capture the attention of the students in order to be able to communicate with them. My book, “Adventures in Integrative Education,” explains the whole process which is set in the often humorous back story of these experiences.

Numerous scholarly articles tell how the child of today is a “new” kind of student – adept at learning through online electronic media that increases their knowledge. At the same time, parents tell how frustrated their children are and how difficult the whole learning environment has become. It is time to work together to to allow these factions to lead us to discover a more meaningful way to deliver content while allowing for healthy whole child activities.

Children need to move. They need to make noise! They need to laugh and jump and climb trees while pretending that they are in the Tarzan movie. Creativity, imagination, expression, and interaction are all necessary aspects of whole child development. The time is now for making necessary adaptations for our children.