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Ride the Tiger: Design the Revolution

I'm looking forward to the NAIS Annual Conference- #naisac15 - this year - assuming of course that Boston can dig…

10 years ago

On the Walls: What to look for in a classroom where learning happens

In his The Schools our Children Deserve Alfie Kohn has a quick and easy chart for what to look for in…

10 years ago

The Night Mail

This is the Night Mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters…

10 years ago

Come in from the Cold

Come in from the Cold and bring your kids and tell your friends. All welcome.

10 years ago

Big Storm Brewing

Bombogenesis - that's the wonderful word that the indispensable (for our region at least) forecasters and watchers at Hudson Valley…

10 years ago

Make it Happen

There's a useful and on-point critique of the Maker movement in The Atlantic magazine:  Why I am not a Maker…

10 years ago

How to Help Grieving Students. And how not to.

Thanks to Valerie Strauss's blog in The Washington Post I've been alerted to a website devoted to helping grieving students.…

10 years ago

Calling all PDS Parents

Parents got talent. Right? So come on out - beat the winter doldrums - and join the fun. Bring your…

10 years ago

Have Courage: The Letter from Birmingham Jail

The Letter from Birmingham Jail One of the most resounding rebukes in history. And as you read you can hear…

10 years ago

Stay Curious

Some books, some ideas and some thinkers stay with you. They are like wells that you go back to dip…

10 years ago