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Choreolab North

Last Friday’s Choreolab concert of ten original dances was the culmination of a central studies (CS) elective. Choreolab started at…

18 years ago

The Eagle Nation

The title and content of this entry have changed. The original title - A Challenge to Stephen Colbert - referred…

18 years ago

“Life on Earth” – an amazing multi-media musical

I had the great pleasure of attending Life on Earth - a student written, multi-media and very original musical by…

18 years ago

GHOTI spells what?

Quick, quick! – spell “yacht” New research on spelling and the brain English spelling and pronunciation are renowned for complexity…

18 years ago

From kindergarten to high school

Robbie sent me this picture of a high school student with members of her kindergarten class. As you can see…

18 years ago

Detecting Tommyrot, Bunkum and Codswallop

When dealing with bunkum like the unsubstantiated and most unlikely claim of the 14,000 parachuted cats it would be good…

18 years ago

The Great Cat Drop: Take this Test of Critical Thinking

We are all very fond of talking about critical thinking. But what does it actually mean? In the classroom, in…

18 years ago

The Truth About the Flying Cats and the Cartons of Stout

What struck me about Operation Cat Drop – the flying cats of Borneo story – was not the unintended chain…

18 years ago

Teenagers Incompetent and Irresponsible? Let’s Abolish High School

Let's Abolish High School - it's a link to an article in Education Week (April4, 2007) by Robert Epstein. Epstein…

18 years ago

Stop Holford Talking Rubbish

Here's a blog with an irresistible url Stop Holford Talking Rubbish. (Yes - that is the real name). It's by…

18 years ago