RattleBag and Rhubarb

Don’t panic: Experience success and failure … as information.

Probably the only two responses to constant change are: A. Ignore it (shrink back, retrench, resist,  go off the grid,…

13 years ago

My camera and me

It's no secret - I like to carry my camera around school and take photographs. I am endlessly fascinated by…

13 years ago

Bloxology: The Art and Science of thinking out of, inside, with and beyond the Blox.

Bloxes – they’re everywhere. All over the Chapman Room and now migrating to the lobby and Kenyon. What’s a blox?…

13 years ago

Occupy Education: The Revolution Starts Now

As always, lots of good stuff in the latest edition of Independent School, the quarterly magazine from NAIS. And those…

13 years ago

Save Butterscotch Pony

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13 years ago

The Race to the Bottom: What can schools do now?

The future is based on impromptu innovation, inspiration and connections - that's a paraphrase from Seth Godin's blog today and…

13 years ago

“Parents needed as Play Agents?… Surely You’re Joking PDS!”

If you've been to the webpage, read your email,  looked at Facebook or been on campus you will know that…

13 years ago

All this change ….

For adults like me who work in schools September means being confronted with a world of change.  There are new…

13 years ago

The Happy Factor and the Dismal World of Work

Do Happier Students Work Harder? When PDS high school students took the HSSSE (High School Survey of Student engagement) the…

13 years ago

Transformation

We have a new lobby in one of our buildings - the Elizabeth C. Gilkeson Center - and  as you…

13 years ago