There's a story behind every poem. There's always a story. And the story behind this one is that the poet…
In his new book, psychologist Louis Cozolino applies the lessons of social neuroscience to the classroom. And here are his head (!) lines excerpted…
The November Educational Leadership is devoted to the topic of grading. It includes an article by Alfie Kohn an expanded…
Do Happier Students Work Harder? When PDS high school students took the HSSSE (High School Survey of Student engagement) the…
Children: How will they ever know who they are? The question is the last line of "The Things we Steal…
Two of my favorite education videos in 2010 have to do with motivation. In this first one, Stanley schools Dwight…
I rewrote Seth Godin's blog entry for today: Organizing for joy. I hope he doesn't mind. The word "joy" made…
"To succeed...it's the fire within that must be lit." Purpose, mastery, autonomy (mission not money as motivation.) Watch the video…
Many years ago I wrote an article with the title The Carrot and the Cattleprod. It’s so long ago that…
Turns out that we may be hard wired to co-operate and help out. And this behavior occurs in children before,…
When I’m in the car I listen to WAMC, and yesterday I heard Roland Fryer’s Dowmel lecture. His specialty is…
Good reminder about how not to praise from Stephen Currie in a recent post to the PDS Math Guy Blog.…
Great essay by Daniel Roth in Wired magazine about “geeks” and school. Some extracts: “The driving force in the life…
I caught this Lehrer Newshour segment on cash payments for learning - one of the latest in a series of…
There's a good article in the latest Educational Leadership: "The Perils and Promise of Praise". It's by Carol Dweck. The…