Adam F.C. Fletcher

11/21/2025

I wrote a massive bibliography with details about every publication that influenced me during the Freechild Institute years. Want to see it? https://adamfletcher.net/2019/06/27/freechild-institute-for-youth-engagement-bibliography/

11/17/2025

JUSTICE has to be at the core of learning. Relevancy matters in all ways to young learners!

11/11/2025

Thanks to James Toole for sharing this great story with me!

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/surry-county-virginia-supervisor-election.html

Cameran Drew, 19, defeated his former high school government teacher, Kenneth Bell, by 10 votes for a seat on the Surry County Board of Supervisors this week. There are no hard feelings.

11/10/2025

In my latest post, I reflect on the humbling recommendations and citations people have given me over the years. If you're interested, its at https://adamfletcher.net/2025/11/10/a-quarter-century-grateful/

10/15/2025

LEARNING IN CIRCLES: It seems like such a standard practice that I forget the revolution of learning in circles and outside of the typical teacher/student dichotomy. The renowned international educators i’m with this week in Italy reminded me of the exceptional circumstances required for this approach, and I am humbled to be reminded that I know how to do some things well. Circles, dyads, triads, and other unusual learning configurations are par for the course in all of my facilitation, and I am proud to be able to share them with everyone, everywhere, all of the time. I also stand in solidarity with anyone forced to participate in or use anything other than these approaches in their own practices.

10/14/2025

Seek nourishment, not noise.

10/13/2025

NEW ARTICLE! We should feel angry, we should not back away from it, and it DOES have a place in Heartspace. Discover why in my latest piece at https://adamfletcher.net/2025/10/12/anger-in-heartspace/

This post explores how Heartspace requires the true stability that comes through meeting conflict, navigating anger, and channeling it into collective action while becoming authentically interdepen…

10/12/2025

If we want to change to the world, we need to reach far within ourselves as well as trying to change what's outside of us. If you're interested, I wrote about this at https://adamfletcher.net/2025/10/11/depth-over-breadth/

10/08/2025

Tomorrow I begin my sojourn to Italy for the 15th Annual International Congress of Critical Pedagogy and Transfoative Leadership, which im helping coordinate for Shirley Steinberg. Wanna hear about it?

Join us for the 15th Annual Congress in Reggio Emilia, Italy.