Rather like how I'm quoted in Saturday's Poughkeepsie Journal "Diversity is a core value embodied in the school's mission," said…
Ken Robinson answers questions sent to him via Twitter.
Dear PDS Families: A few lines (with minor edits) from division in-boxes and my twitter feed: Student: I just wanted…
Children: How will they ever know who they are? The question is the last line of "The Things we Steal…
In contrast to Hobbes' view in Leviathan that we are destined to lives that are "... solitary, poor, nasty, brutish,…
Wisdom and inspiration from Emily Dickinson: The gleam of an heroic Act Such strange illumination The Possible's slow fuse is…
PDS student reports are not just a list of untethered numbers and letters but rather in-depth narratives that convey detailed…
Seth Godin wrote about the culture of testing, Netflix and what is untestable. You can read it here. I have…
A snow day is a gift of time for play, independent work and keeping connected in the ways that make…
School is closed tomorrow - Wednesday - because of the impending storm. In anticipation, middle school director George Swain spoke…