2013

The Perils of EdSpeak: Play in Danger

As a follow-up to my post The Perils of Education I was preparing a piece on play.  My chief concern…

12 years ago

Darkness and Light

What 60 schools can tell us about teaching 21st century skills. Here's the TEDx Denver version of the talk Grant Lichtman gave at…

12 years ago

Elephants are People Too

We know that empathy - that ability to walk around in another's shoes - matters. We know that developing empathy…

12 years ago

Connecting the Dots: Innovation in the Knowledge Age

Connecting the Dots: Becoming a Knowledge Age Innovator Interesting 2009 short article by Deborah Westphal of Toffler Associates Key points…

12 years ago

“We are not teaching our children … what they need to know.”

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

12 years ago

The Masks

Watch The Masks written and directed by PDS student Haixu Liu - All American High School Film Festival Awards winner.…

12 years ago

The Invisible Bike Helmet

I like this story of imagination, design, persistence, invention and ingenuity. "We're going to save the world."  "It's chicken to…

12 years ago

An Age of Marvels

If there’s any doubt that we are living in an age of marvels just read these accounts of what happened…

12 years ago