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Failing is essential

The ratio between success and failure remains pretty constant. To succeed means we must fail. And the more often we…

15 years ago

Childhood has Changed: Playtime is Over

Here's an article to read by David Elkind in the NYTimes Playtime is Over It's an important topic. It's an…

15 years ago

“The death of education as we know it may be the birth of learning as we need it”

I’m more than a bit late with my NAIS annual conference round up but then …excuses, excuses…what with returning to…

15 years ago

Here they come…National Standards

National Standards kindergarten through 12th grade are on their way. At PDS we are looking forward to taking a good…

15 years ago

“If a school fulfills its mission there must be constant evolution…”

It is quite possible that the assigning of grades to school children and college students as a kind of reward…

15 years ago

Transformation: Diane Ravitch and School Reform

“School reform today is like a freight train, and I’m out on the tracks saying, ‘You’re going the wrong way!’ ”…

15 years ago

The Ruben’s Tube: Dancing Fire

Click for an UPDATED version of this experiment and with a great new video. It’s always great when a student…

15 years ago

The Extra Mile

The Art History class took off for Italy last week. It's well over 4,000 miles from Poughkeepsie to Zurich and…

15 years ago

Science and technology heroes

It was Dean Kamen -  the inventor of the Segway and a version of the artificial heart - who established…

15 years ago

“What ails thee Jock?”

By now you have probably been sent a link to, or have even read, Playing to Learn – Susan Engel’s…

15 years ago