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,…
My camera and me
It's no secret - I like to carry my camera around school and take photographs. I am endlessly fascinated by…
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?…
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…
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…
“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…
All this change ….
For adults like me who work in schools September means being confronted with a world of change. There are new…
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…
Transformation
We have a new lobby in one of our buildings - the Elizabeth C. Gilkeson Center - and as you…