2015

Discovery and Uncovery

We all love to rumble on about lifelong learning . But how does that happen when learning is presented as…

9 years ago

Milestone: First PDS Cross Country Invitational

Such a joy to be out on the fields for the first ever PDS Cross-Country Invitational last Wednesday. It was…

9 years ago

Learning and Social Media: Option, Opportunity and Obligation

If you're reading this online then you are engaged in social media. You are consuming. I've been thinking about education…

9 years ago

Out and About: Weekend

There's a wonderful walk along the Housatonic in Kent, Connecticut. We were there early enough to have it to ourselves…

9 years ago

Out and About

We had some glorious fall days last week (as well as some much-needed rain).  It was perfect weather for the…

9 years ago

A Portrait of Us

Building community means getting to know each other. And that means time. Last week we had the first ASA (all-school-activity)…

9 years ago

Time for Tomato Chutney

When it's getting near the end of fresh tomato season and the freezer and shelves are full of sauces it's…

9 years ago

Art is Messy, Team Building is Fun

Great to see these video tweets yesterday. Thanks Jenn and Jill. Making art is messy! @PoughkeepsieDay pic.twitter.com/EL9jE1nx5q— Jennifer Jordan (@artteacherjenn)…

9 years ago

One Week Down

The first week and the exhilaration and energy are like a tide that sweep you along. But those lazier days…

9 years ago

How to Run a Meeting Badly: Advice from an Expert

A few tips storified from an #ISEDchat courtesy of @LaneYoung. This is by no means a complete list of course.…

9 years ago

“Let’s Make It”: Education Comes Full Circle

Unless the mass of workers are to be blind cogs and pinions in the apparatus they employ, they must have…

9 years ago

Two Key Tools for Teachers

Tool  #1: Twitter With so much out there it's hard to know where to begin.  But Twitter is by far…

9 years ago

The End of Expertise

Here's a interestingly provocative article for all of us in education. How Much Do we Need to Know? by Peter…

9 years ago

A Work in Progress: The Secret Sauce of the PDS Value Proposition

We have a new website in the offing and I was working on some of the language for the new…

9 years ago

Every Student Is An Honored Student at Poughkeepsie Day School

I was listening to Noam Chomsky on ranking and the dangers of standardized testing. This is some of what he…

9 years ago