Education

“…larnin’.” It’s the key that opens all doors.”

William Woodruff died this week. He  was a professor of world history best known perhaps for his autobiographical works. He discovered a love…

16 years ago

Many Minds: Differentiated teaching

Good introduction to Carol Tomlinson's work on differentiated teaching - the theory that teachers can work to accommodate, support and…

16 years ago

Slow Food, Slow School: John Cleese and the Promise of the Tortoise Brain

There's a slow food movement so why not a slow mind movement? Some years ago Guy Claxton wrote Hare Brain,…

16 years ago

What Counts?

From the colorful and personalized counting books of the pre-k to the calculations of trigonometry via an intriguing problem on…

16 years ago

Kind Words

When you write a blog for the world to see you can never be sure who reads it nor what…

16 years ago

Sanctuary

There's an animal sanctuary in Saugerties and today students from the high school were there giving a helping hand. There…

16 years ago

An Education President for the 21st Century

The next president needs to be multi-dimensional, addressing issues that extend far beyond the classroom, but which are critically connected…

16 years ago

School Epidemic

When young people spend countless hours, days, and weeks on activities that they find meaningless, there are psychological and social…

16 years ago

Failing at Fairness (again)

A decade or so ago the focus was all on girls and how schools were failing to give them the…

16 years ago

Donald “Trump” Duck, Goldilocks and the Three Bear Markets

More humor. This time from Fast Company magazine where Tom Stern wonders whether the over achievement of some adults has…

16 years ago