2015

Education Thoughts for a Sunday Afternoon

I don't know what started it but I found myself launching into manifesto mode! And this is what it led…

10 years ago

On the Magic Carpet

A simple Sunday night tweet from a PDS English teacher is enough to fire up the engine on the magic…

10 years ago

New Recycling System Open for Business

The high school Enviro Club reports that the new recycling facility has been rolled out and is ready to use…

10 years ago

This is Genius

Video well worth watching:

10 years ago

What if there were no PDS?

I've been pondering Seth Godin's recent column What if you stopped? and applying it to PDS. What if Poughkeepsie Day School  went…

10 years ago

Explorers and Navigators

Science teacher Jonathan Heiles sent a link to all of us about the international public campaign to name the surface…

10 years ago

The Future of Education

Panel on the Future of Education from the NAIS Annual Conference, Boston 2015. With college presidents Rebecca Chopp, Nan Keohane,…

10 years ago

School Leadership: Working Together and Birds in Flight

Have you ever seen a ton of starlings or red-wing blackbirds swooping about in unison as if they were in…

10 years ago

Loving Learning: Thank You Tom Little

Tom Little’s lifelong passion for progressive education emerged directly from his experience with its antithesis. I was six years old,…

10 years ago

Staying Curious: Susan Engel’s “The Hungry Mind”

The Hungry Mind The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood That's the title of Susan Engel's new book and it's about…

10 years ago

The Finns Are At It Again: Redesigning Education

Not content with sweeping the international testing stakes Finland is setting about radical school design and reform - again. And given…

10 years ago

The Essential Capacities

I'm not sure when PDS became a member of NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) but it was a long…

10 years ago

Paper Cuts: Josh at the Sewing Machine

The first day of alleged spring and another day disrupted by the rituals and routines of early dismissal. By  mid…

10 years ago

Before Endeavors Melt

It's been a cold winter here in the Hudson Valley.  Poughkeepsie records only go back to 1949  but this February…

10 years ago

Global Studies and Math Count

Dropped by the prek-k last week and found them deep in a pattern block exercise (well it actually felt like…

10 years ago