RattleBag and Rhubarb

What’s the matter with kids today?*

Why can't they be like we were? Perfect in every way? What's the matter with kids today?* BYE BYE BIRDIE…

18 years ago

The Joy of Learning and the Expensive English Toy

The Indian National Curriculum Framework opens with this most telling childhood anecdote from the poet Rabindranath Tagore: When I was…

18 years ago

Spring

Last weekend we lost an hour and gained the Spring. This particular  Spring is by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Flemish…

18 years ago

“We are always living ahead of our thinking”

It was University of Toronto English professor Marshall McLuhan who predicted universal connectivity. Listen to this archival interview from April…

18 years ago

People, Planet, Purpose

"It is easier to change the course of history than to change a history course". "Proposals for change in schools…

18 years ago

Does Science Matter?

Educators are fond of commenting that children are natural scientists. Children, they say, are born investigators. Discovery, speculation, questioning, trying…

18 years ago

Press Interview

In a recent interview with the PDS media I was asked for my opinion of some of the pressing issues…

18 years ago

NCLB: Another Perspective

Last night in his State of the Union address President Bush outlined proposals to extend the NCLB (“No Child Left…

18 years ago

Strategic Thinking

At the recent Board Strategic Planning session we were encouraged to think forward to the year 2020. Of course, none…

18 years ago

Thesis papers, exams, end of semester reports

It's the end of semester - a time for thesis papers, exams, tests, reports and etc. The demands on high…

18 years ago