RattleBag and Rhubarb

Learning is messy

There's an interesting story over at Learning is messy It's about the truth behind one of those email send arounds…

18 years ago

My Life as the Ink Monitor and How Not to Introduce 1:1 Laptops

Technology is always disruptive. Think of the introduction of the printing press, or the combine harvester, or the mechanical looms…

18 years ago

Out to Lunch

A beautiful spring day and students took full advantage over lunch-time.

18 years ago

Disruptive Change in School: How Technology Ruined My Childhood

Technology is always disruptive. Think of the introduction of the printing press, or the combine harvester, or the mechanical looms…

18 years ago

Seniors on their way

Seniors are on their way off to a final month of internships before they return to PDS for the Senior…

18 years ago

Life after the Holocaust

PDS marked Holocaust Remembrance Day last week with an assembly planned and led by the students of the Genocide central…

18 years ago

Financial Aid and College Options

From today's NYTimes: Timely advice on paying for college: Calculating Financial Aid THIS week, members of the (college) Class of…

18 years ago

GHOTI spells “fish” of course, Everyone Knows That!

George Bernard Shaw was a great proponent of English spelling reform. Here is an example he used to illustrate the…

18 years ago

Those Apocryphal Flying Cats of Borneo: The Real Story

The flying cats of Borneo - apocryphal? Hyperbole? Fantasy? Jungle legend? Imaginary animals? In response to a request from a…

18 years ago