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A Modern Village School: Christmas 1944

Wonderful pictures of what looks like a creative classroom in a pre-Plowden primary school. Look at the desk arrangements. From…

13 years ago

Cookie Cutter Kids: “Send us your winners…”

...and we'll make winners out of them" There's a good article in the latest edition of Independent School magazine that…

13 years ago

A is for…A Poughkeepsie Day School Lexicon

A is for Algebra, Anthropology, Arts and Athletics. We teach them all. People often refer to the STEM curriculum (It's…

13 years ago

Learning by Teaching

Students who teach others learn best The Protégé Effect For thousands of years, people have known that the best way…

13 years ago

The Kindness of Strangers

We received a wonderful letter yesterday and here it is: Dear Ms Holford: I volunteer at The Queens Galley in…

13 years ago

Come Play the Way we Learn

Come play the way we learn – it’s an invitation and it’s on a billboard right there on Hooker Avenue*.…

13 years ago

After the Storm….

I just tried to take a look at Central Hudson’s Storm Central page and in particular the Outage Map. But…

13 years ago

More Failing, Fewer Failures, Greater Success

The November Educational Leadership is devoted to the topic of grading. It includes an article by Alfie Kohn an expanded…

13 years ago