Twitter Asks: Ken Robinson Replies

14 years ago

Ken Robinson answers questions sent to him via Twitter.

Snow Days and Disruption: An open letter to families

14 years ago

Dear PDS Families: A few lines (with minor edits)  from division in-boxes and my twitter feed: Student: I just wanted…

“Knowledge not purchased by the loss of power!”

14 years ago

Children: How will they ever know who they are? The question is the last line of  "The Things we Steal…

Hardwired to be good: Altruism and evolution

14 years ago

In contrast to Hobbes' view in Leviathan that we are destined to lives that are "... solitary, poor, nasty, brutish,…

The Possible’s Slow Fuse

14 years ago

Wisdom and inspiration from Emily Dickinson: The gleam of an heroic Act Such strange illumination The Possible's slow fuse is…

How to Read a Report Card

14 years ago

PDS student reports are not just a list of untethered numbers and letters  but rather in-depth narratives that convey detailed…

A Culture of Testing

14 years ago

Seth Godin wrote about the culture of testing, Netflix and what is untestable. You can read it here. I have…

Snow Day – A Gift of Time

14 years ago

A snow day is a gift of time for play, independent work and keeping connected in the ways that make…

No More Snow Days

14 years ago

School is closed tomorrow - Wednesday - because of the impending storm. In anticipation, middle school director George Swain spoke…

NPR and Me

14 years ago

Just before the break there was a message on the head's listserve from Myra McGovern of NAIS. NPR journalist Tovia…