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Echoes

We don't own the words of course, but it was fun to come across these words from the PDS mission…

17 years ago

Visitors

It was rainy at recess so the first and second graders in Bill and Rachels's class visited me instead. Here…

17 years ago

The Hedgehog

With all the Jim Collins talk of the 'hedgehog concept"* I thought an image of an actual hedgehog was in…

17 years ago

Education’s Rock Star: Standing Room Only for Ken Robinson

It was standing room only at Radio City for Sir Ken Robinson's keynote speech at the NAIS annual conference last…

17 years ago

A Day of Ice Pellets

A day of ice pellets and time to catch up a little. And it's been a busy season as usual.…

17 years ago

Social Networking and Education

"Social Networking: does it bring positive change to education?" This is one of the questions posed by The Economist magazine.…

17 years ago

Feather of lead, bright smoke

It happened before the winter break but it would be negligent not to post on the topic of the enthralling…

17 years ago

Ring out wild bells. Etc.

Out with the old, in with the new. Well - not quite so fast. While change and forward momentum are…

17 years ago

Heard on the Hustings

"You don't make a hog fatter by weighing it." Everyone went to school and that makes everyone an expert on…

17 years ago

Wintry mix

There's a good article in the local paper on the inexact science of school weather closing. Our recent spell of…

17 years ago