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The Moral Compass: Make a Difference and Ask: Can’t we do Better?

These are words from our mission: Poughkeepsie Day School graduates students who: Know who they are and follow their own…

18 years ago

College Admissions: Which is more interesting: Gorillas or Guerrillas??

That question is one the prompts from the new Tufts University optional essay section. It’s part of its Kaleidoscope program…

18 years ago

School Choice: Hogwarts or Diffendoofer?

The best parts about the Harry Potter books are all the reminders of the traditional British school story and a…

18 years ago

Tom Peters: Educate for a Creative Society

He's not as funny as Ken Robinson but here is (creative and enterprising) business guru Tom Peters on a rant…

18 years ago

Regeneration

This July marks the ninetieth anniversary of the start of third Ypres - better known as the battle of Passchendaele…

18 years ago

Teachers at Work: Making Eyes Shine

Is classical music dead? Or does everyone love classical music? Does it matter what we say? What does it mean…

18 years ago

Three Questions

Marc Prensky is a New Yorker but here he is in Auckland, New Zealand giving a keynote address at the…

18 years ago

Summer School

The morning glories and lilies are in bloom in the courtyard garden. The thistles bloom at the edge of the…

18 years ago

Nuts! A Tale of Morality and Medicine

Do you like eating nuts? You do? And so do squirrels, but even squirrels can eat too many. Tippety Nippet…

18 years ago

College Disorder

You may have seen this article in this week’s New York Times: Colleges Join Forces on a Web Presence to…

18 years ago