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…

When it comes to picking a school: Choose Happy

10 years ago

It's a miserable life. Nasty, brutish and short. And childhood means school and that means drudgery. And the sooner kids…

The Future of Education

10 years ago

Panel on the Future of Education from the NAIS Annual Conference, Boston 2015. With college presidents Rebecca Chopp, Nan Keohane,…

Edcamp Hudson Valley: It’s back so Save the date

10 years ago

Edcamp is back at Poughkeepsie Day School this August and we are delighted to be the hosts. Edcamps are just…

School Leadership: Working Together and Birds in Flight

10 years ago

Have you ever seen a ton of starlings or red-wing blackbirds swooping about in unison as if they were in…

Why PDS? A Lower School Parent Writes …

10 years ago

If you're thinking about Loving Learning and what all that emerging, integrated and experiential curriculum looks like in the real…