Citizen Science

10 years ago

I learned a great deal about eels from Graham Swift's remarkable 1983 novel Waterland set in the watery fens of…

Education Thoughts for a Sunday Afternoon

10 years ago

I don't know what started it but I found myself launching into manifesto mode! And this is what it led…

On the Magic Carpet

10 years ago

A simple Sunday night tweet from a PDS English teacher is enough to fire up the engine on the magic…

New Recycling System Open for Business

10 years ago

The high school Enviro Club reports that the new recycling facility has been rolled out and is ready to use…

This is Genius

10 years ago

Video well worth watching:

What if there were no PDS?

10 years ago

I've been pondering Seth Godin's recent column What if you stopped? and applying it to PDS. What if Poughkeepsie Day School  went…

Explorers and Navigators

10 years ago

Science teacher Jonathan Heiles sent a link to all of us about the international public campaign to name the surface…

What a night!

10 years ago

We had a terrific benefit auction party last night. So many thanks are due to volunteer auction chair Ann Enriquez…

Why are we doing this to our children?

10 years ago

Here is child psychologist Dr. Megan Koschnick on why Early Childhood Standards of Common Core are Developmentally Inappropriate. This is her…

What’s wrong with this picture?

10 years ago

I always enjoy Valerie Strauss's Answer Sheet blog in the Washington Post. She frequently provides a platform for teacher voices…