Becoming Citizens of the World

17 years ago

NAIS is working on a PGP (Principles of Good Practice) for Global Citizenship. Here is a draft. They are seeking…

It’s the Teachers …

17 years ago

"It's the teachers...." I refrain from adding the usual last word to that phrase because it seems unnecessarily rude but,…

Everyone a Planner Now: No More Status Quo

17 years ago

Ten Trends: educating children for tomorrow’s world An article in the Journal of School Improvement a while back examined ten…

Community

17 years ago

Halloween and time for some fun. It's one thing to talk about the importance of school community and quite another…

Stop Praising Students

17 years ago

There's a good article in the latest Educational Leadership: "The Perils and Promise of Praise". It's by Carol Dweck. The…

College Information Evening

17 years ago

We had a well-attended college information evening for ninth and tenth grade families last week. Ninth and tenth grade is…

The Incentive

17 years ago

"The incentives I took as an insult. I didn't think motivation was needed. It was not the right thing for…

Kids in School

17 years ago

Who's zooming whom? New kids on the block received a warm welcome last week. Daisy and Clover - five months…

Disintermediation, Radiohead and Newtonian Physics

17 years ago

Disintermediation - one of those wonderful baggy words that only yields up any meaning after being dismembered into constituent parts,…

So much to do

17 years ago

"You must do the things you think you cannot do" Stone Cottage One of the great things about Poughkeepsie is…