RattleBag and Rhubarb

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

Blotting your copybook

That tweet from Gary Stager reminded me of this scene: Blotting your copybook used to be more than a figure…

13 years ago

Astrobiology and Why I like Facebook

There are lots of reasons not to like Facebook and I respect all those many people for whom it is…

13 years ago

Class size and classrooms: What’s best for learners?

What size should classes be? Anyone who has a definitive answer probably has probably bubbled in the answers to all…

13 years ago

Collaboration by difference…Distraction is your friend

I’ve been reading about Cathy Davidson’s Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way…

13 years ago

From the silo to the beach

In the conversations at this year's NYSAIS think tank (Twitter hashtag #NYSAIStt11) the language we use has not been the…

13 years ago