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Elephants are People Too

We know that empathy - that ability to walk around in another's shoes - matters. We know that developing empathy…

12 years ago

The School of Now, the Future of Work: Learning by Doing

The strategic planning process to date has primarily been one of listening and paying attention. When we look at the…

12 years ago

Connecting the Dots: Innovation in the Knowledge Age

Connecting the Dots: Becoming a Knowledge Age Innovator Interesting 2009 short article by Deborah Westphal of Toffler Associates Key points…

12 years ago

Confronting Stereotypes

“Messy, raucous, democratic India is growing fast, and now may partner up with the world's richest democracy—America.” - Fareed Zakaria…

12 years ago

“We are not teaching our children … what they need to know.”

The world is moving at a tremendous rate; no one knows where. We must prepare our children not for the…

12 years ago

The Masks

Watch The Masks written and directed by PDS student Haixu Liu - All American High School Film Festival Awards winner.…

12 years ago

The Invisible Bike Helmet

I like this story of imagination, design, persistence, invention and ingenuity. "We're going to save the world."  "It's chicken to…

12 years ago

An Age of Marvels

If there’s any doubt that we are living in an age of marvels just read these accounts of what happened…

12 years ago

A Message in Cupcakes

So this is the message I found on my desk when I returned from lunch today. The cupcakes were delicious…

12 years ago

The IBM Selectric Typewriter and Kenyon House: “You must have been drunk!”

Cross-posted from Josie's Blog Did you know that Poughkeepsie Day School now has a Fab Lab? It's short for fabrication…

12 years ago