Education

Greetings, Parents

Did you see this Op-Art piece by Bruce Handy in yesterday's NYTimes? Hilarious. It's a spoof of back-to-school registration forms.…

16 years ago

Perturbation, Paradox and the Welcome Back Picnic: The Virtue of Necessary Change

Balance is a wonderful thing. We want it in our lives and in our school curriculum. But sometimes we need…

16 years ago

Saving Our Children from NDD

I've written on this topic before but this is a wonderful blog post from New Zealand by Bruce Hammonds' Leading and Learning…

16 years ago

Multiple Perspectives

Still Life with Fruit Basket - Paul Cezanne Think globally with awareness and understanding of complexity and multiple perspectives Predators…

16 years ago

Why Teach Science?

...you don’t have to be a scientist for science to be transformative... Some years ago I had the pleasure of…

17 years ago

Testing: There are Better Ways to Identify Gifted and Talented Students

It's testing season and here's a timely reminder that traditional testing for ability is not the last word in thinking…

17 years ago

The Effort Effect Part Two: What do we tell the kids?

Part One: The Audacity of High Hopes Part Two: What to do If praising kids for being smart saps motivation…

17 years ago

Blocked: Did Kindergarten Invent Modernism?

The maple wood blocks . . . are in my fingers to this day. - Frank Lloyd Wright I have…

17 years ago

The Effort Effect: The Audacity of High Hopes

The effort effect on display at Buttercup Farm Nature Reserve, near Poughkeepsie. See below for a photo of the dam.…

17 years ago

High School Madness

Too Busy to Eat, Students Get a New Required Course: Lunch Did you read this article from today's New York…

17 years ago