2006

Change hits Welcome Back to School

This cartoon is making the rounds this morning:  Reminds me of those words often claimed to be either a Chinese…

12 years ago

Just in time for curriculum evenings …

The world is moving at a tremendous rate. Going no one knows where. We must prepare our children, not for…

17 years ago

The Lone Starfish

Over on the other side of the world at Leading and Learning in New Zealand, Bruce Hammonds has posted this…

18 years ago

Macbeth

Earlier this month I saw a remarkable production staged in the James Earl Jones Theater at PDS: the Shakespeare Central…

18 years ago

Education delivery system – 17th century style

Packages and parcels get delivered, learning does not. Consider the two Time magazine covers in the previous post. The one…

18 years ago

Plus ça change, c’est la même chose – only faster

The one thing about which all educators are in agreement is that yesterday's education no longer suffices for today. The…

18 years ago

Leadership or Leadersheep?

Who is the leader? Is it the driver in the car held up by the flock? The shepherd with his…

18 years ago

Picasso the Brand

Last weekend I visited the Guggenheim for the exhibit Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History. As the…

18 years ago

Spam and the Middle Ages

Several recent news stories have bemoaned what every email user already knows – spam is on the march and filling…

18 years ago

“All others bring data”

I am old enough to remain in awe of the connectivity of the internet. It reminds me of the excitement…

18 years ago

The hole in the wall

I learnt to use paint, calculator, see various places through the Internet, solve puzzles, play games, listen interesting sounds and…

18 years ago

Creativity: Part Two “I’m drawing God”

A child was working diligently on a drawing in art class. The teacher asked what the drawing was. The girl…

18 years ago

Creativity: Part One

Creative Societies need Creative People. If the thinkers and business people like Daniel Pink and Tom Peters have it right…

18 years ago

The PDS Podcast

Listen in to the life of the school.   Subscribe to the PDS Podcast series. In this episode: The first…

18 years ago

The All-School Thanksgiving Feast

The kindergarten made decorations and the lower school brought fruit and snacks. The Middle School brought dessert and did the…

18 years ago