Education

Finland and Education Success

A video from BBC News about the world's latest favorite education destination: Finland

15 years ago

Digital literacy across the curriculum

It's not about the tools and the testing, it's about the learning and the thinking. Digital literacy is an important…

15 years ago

The fire within

"To succeed...it's the fire within that must be lit." Purpose, mastery, autonomy (mission not money as motivation.) Watch the video…

15 years ago

Math Curriculum Makeover: Be less helpful

Math makes sense of the world: Here's math teacher Dan Meyer speaking at the TEDxNYED conference in March.

15 years ago

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