The Los Angeles Times (11/27, Watanabe) reported that at many schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), teachers are using a storytelling "practice known as 'council'" to get students to share their experiences with one another to build trust and strong bonds. The program is based on "speaking and listening circles" long used by "cultures worldwide...most notably, Native Americans." The program that began in Los Angeles public schools in 2006 was "developed by the nonprofit Ojai Foundation." LAUSD chief academic officer Judy Elliott said the program is "a 'very powerful tool' to help students transcend race, gender, disabilities and other dividing lines," and it "gives teachers a strategy to make the curriculum come alive."
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