No more turning away, a revolution in education,

They say if you look for something hard enough, you just might find it. ?No More Turning Away? tells the story of a small group of educators who?after decades of watching their schools and communities become overcome by alienation, drugs, homelessness and violence?decided to do something about it. What they learned was shocking in it?s effectiveness and scope. Author Ron Veronda says he wrote ?No More Turning Away? as a representative for the thousands of children and teens he worked with over the decades who had no voice.If you are an educator ?No More Turning Away? will offer you tools to be a ?master? educator. Learn how to free yourself from the constrictive, ineffective, stress filled and judgmental industrial age system we inherited.If you are a parent, learn how to support your child?s life?and not just their job preparation? with a truer, more sensible form of education. Learn how to bring wiser and healthier ideas into your home and how to support your child?s teacher and neighborhood school in doing the same.If you are a community activist, learn some of the deep causes of violence, and more importantly, what to do about them. Become proactive in moving your community forward, while dropping long-held beliefs and practices that have been harmful to us all.If you want violence to decrease in your neighborhood, ?No More Turning Away? offers proven, preventive measures to help accomplish this goal. And you don?t have to wait for the violence to appear before you put them into action.?No More Turning Away? helps each of us, young or old, see the world with a little more clarity. The lessons learned from the children and teens will fill you with optimism and possibility. Share the laughs, the tears, the challenges and the solutions of those who dared to look for answers to some of the most daunting questions of our day.