RattleBag and Rhubarb

School of the Past: School of the Future

This summer I visited  the quite wonderful Hancock Shaker Village. It's where in craft and design, form meets function with…

15 years ago

What’s Changed?

What's changed? Pretty much everything. A question to get going with: Shopping and information then and now: If you want…

15 years ago

Future Past Imperfect

Enjoy the drawing. But but then read this: Shifting Ground from Chris Lehmann. From the Chicago Tribune 1958. (But only…

15 years ago

Locked out of Learning

When I’m in the car I listen to WAMC, and yesterday I heard Roland Fryer’s Dowmel lecture. His specialty is…

15 years ago

Whatever it takes ….

Is this what we mean by that current refrain "Whatever it takes"? This is from another era - 1991. Anything…

15 years ago

State of Play

So the debate on the purpose of play in early childhood simmers on. It popped up on my Facebook page…

15 years ago

Publish! And democratize learning.

Interesting post from The Innovative Educator: 21st Century Educators Don’t Say, “Hand It In.” They say, “Publish It! Read the…

15 years ago

Dangerous Praise

Good reminder about how not to praise from Stephen Currie in a recent post to the PDS Math Guy Blog.…

15 years ago

“We wish all children could be glad and safe.”

“War is not here” “No sirens are warning us of air raids” and the last line “We wish all children…

15 years ago