William Woodruff died this week. He was a professor of world history best known perhaps for his autobiographical works. He discovered a love…
Good introduction to Carol Tomlinson's work on differentiated teaching - the theory that teachers can work to accommodate, support and…
There's a slow food movement so why not a slow mind movement? Some years ago Guy Claxton wrote Hare Brain,…
From the colorful and personalized counting books of the pre-k to the calculations of trigonometry via an intriguing problem on…
When you write a blog for the world to see you can never be sure who reads it nor what…
There's an animal sanctuary in Saugerties and today students from the high school were there giving a helping hand. There…
The next president needs to be multi-dimensional, addressing issues that extend far beyond the classroom, but which are critically connected…
When young people spend countless hours, days, and weeks on activities that they find meaningless, there are psychological and social…
A decade or so ago the focus was all on girls and how schools were failing to give them the…
More humor. This time from Fast Company magazine where Tom Stern wonders whether the over achievement of some adults has…