Quick, quick! – spell “yacht” New research on spelling and the brain English spelling and pronunciation are renowned for complexity…
When dealing with bunkum like the unsubstantiated and most unlikely claim of the 14,000 parachuted cats it would be good…
We are all very fond of talking about critical thinking. But what does it actually mean? In the classroom, in…
What struck me about Operation Cat Drop – the flying cats of Borneo story – was not the unintended chain…
Let's Abolish High School - it's a link to an article in Education Week (April4, 2007) by Robert Epstein. Epstein…
Gary Stager came to Poughkeepsie Day School at the end of March and he began with a lively Vassar College/…
Does this Jerry King cartoon from FNO strike a chord? It's easy to say "less is more" but not always…
El externado de Poughkeepsie desarrolla a ciudadanos educados con una pasión para aprender y vivir. Nuestra comunidad exige integridad, responsabilidad…
What's next for computers? Here's a demonstration of a multi-touch interface. Pretty amazing.Imagine the classroom or the workplace where everyone…
Gary Stager with PDS faculty March 30th Here's a story that Gary related at Vassar on Thursday. It's about his…
It was a great day in the James Earl Jones theater at PDS yesterday. Dan Gold - a member of…
Earth...a poem by the the children in the Pre- K. These are their words - the places they know, the…
In an earlier post, I mentioned the prescient Marshall McLuhan who saw decades ago that we were living in an…
Take a look at this fascinating video about web 2.0 from Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas…
The Age of Industry - that is what Mary Ellen calls kindergarten and this industry was certainly on display in…