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Tests that matter: Measuring the PDS Difference

We asked....They told. The High School Survey of Student Engagement (known as the Hessie) is a highly regarded survey measuring…

14 years ago

High Stakes Testing New York City Style

A colleague from a neighboring school has sent the following link from the  New York Times. It's a cautionary tale…

14 years ago

Ending the Race: One Project and its Mission

We need a broader vision of success. We believe that real success results from attention to the basic developmental needs…

14 years ago

A Path to Success: Talents. Challenges. Problems

A PATH TO COLLEGE, CAREER AND CIVIC SUCCESS Talents, when revealed, need to be celebrated. Challenges, when discovered, need to…

14 years ago

I love my job

Some days just stand out. And this was one of them. First there was breakfast in the new dining room…

14 years ago

Connections: How good ideas happen to good minds

The coffee houses of the Enlightenment; the  Paris salons of Modernism  - two examples of the spaces conducive to innovation…

14 years ago

Susan Engel on testing tests

From the NYTimes Scientifically tested tests ...there are few indications that the multiple-choice format of a typical test, in which…

14 years ago

A lesson from the lunch-line: “Just try it”

First day of the new food service and a great lesson from the lower school lunch line. "I don't eat…

14 years ago

The Welcome Back Assembly

Ever wonder what happens in an all-school assembly when all students and faculty pre-k through 12th grade gather in the…

14 years ago

“Children will learn to do…

...what children want to learn to do."  Take a look at this from  Sugata Mitra. There are some really important lessons…

14 years ago