2015

Surprise! Deep Learning and Democracy

There’s solid evidence that American students do well when they are encouraged to think for themselves and expected to collaborate…

10 years ago

Leadership in a VUCA World That’s Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous

John Maeda is the keynote speaker at #naisac this week and I'm looking forward to hearing him. He just shared…

10 years ago

Making is on its way to College

The  NAIS Annual Conference - #naisac15 - is coming right up. This year schools were invited to contribute to an…

10 years ago

Mind the Learning Gap

"Once upon a time there was a mindless little girl named Little Red Riding Hood " So begins Ellen Langer's…

10 years ago

Ride the Tiger: Design the Revolution

I'm looking forward to the NAIS Annual Conference- #naisac15 - this year - assuming of course that Boston can dig…

10 years ago

On the Walls: What to look for in a classroom where learning happens

In his The Schools our Children Deserve Alfie Kohn has a quick and easy chart for what to look for in…

10 years ago

The Night Mail

This is the Night Mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters…

10 years ago

Big Storm Brewing

Bombogenesis - that's the wonderful word that the indispensable (for our region at least) forecasters and watchers at Hudson Valley…

10 years ago

Make it Happen

There's a useful and on-point critique of the Maker movement in The Atlantic magazine:  Why I am not a Maker…

10 years ago

Have Courage: The Letter from Birmingham Jail

The Letter from Birmingham Jail One of the most resounding rebukes in history. And as you read you can hear…

10 years ago

Tests: “Is that all that matters to grown-ups?”

Test-weary second-grader asks school board: ‘Is that all that matters to grown-ups?’ Elitist parents threaten lawsuit after kids are called…

10 years ago

Enough with all the grigor

Grant Lichtman has just suggested a  bunch of words better than grit  And they all work. And now it's time to…

10 years ago