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Community

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

17 years ago

Stop Praising Students

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

17 years ago

College Information Evening

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

17 years ago

The Incentive

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

17 years ago

Kids in School

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

17 years ago

Disintermediation, Radiohead and Newtonian Physics

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

17 years ago

So much to do

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

17 years ago

Colleges that Change Lives

Colleges that Change Lives is the title of Loren Pope's very useful book for those planning for college. It's also…

17 years ago

Gnome Update

Gnome update: See Gnome Eruptions or scroll for the original story and commentary There were no further eruptions reported yesterday…

17 years ago

Beyond the Comfort Zone: Outdoor Education and the ZPD

Imagine a cleared space in the forest and a circle drawn with a rope; “This is your comfort zone –…

17 years ago