Isaac Graves

Isaac Graves began his journey in democratic education at a very young age at The Free School (Albany, NY), the longest running inner-city democratic school in the United States. Since graduating, he has worked extensively in the field as an educator, speaker, and organizer. He co-founded and taught at Harriet Tubman Democratic High School, serves on the board of and teaches part-time at The Patchwork School in Louisville, Colorado, blogs for the Institute for Democratic Education in America, and serves as the outreach coordinator for the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO).

Isaac founded and for the past eight years has served as the lead organizer for AERO’s annual conference, the United States' largest alternative education conference. Currently, Isaac is writing a book, Community-Based Education: The Necessary Interdependence Between Life and Learning set to be published in 2012.

Isaac can be found online at isaacgraves.com