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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

Stand back, Hats on: Kindergarten at work

Every year there are new hats on the shelf in the kindergarten. Every year there are so many opportunities for…

14 years ago

PDS faculty take The Marshmallow Challenge

The PDS faculty took The Marshmallow Challenge this morning. Using 20 pieces of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard…

14 years ago

The Shift in New Brunswick

This video was produced by the New Brunswick, Canada, Department of Education. It reflects their thinking about our rapidly changing…

14 years ago

More Educator Luddites Please

Part two of:  The Age of Bricolage: School in the Change Blender: Technology is always disruptive: Think of the introduction…

14 years ago

The Age of Bricolage: School in the Change Blender

When everything around is changing so rapidly that it feels like living inside a blender on high speed, habits and…

15 years ago