It was Donald Winnicott, of course, who coined the phrase good-enough in connection with parenting. He first introduced the term…
Learning styles - they used to be everywhere. You know - learning styles - that notion that the way children…
We all love to rumble on about lifelong learning . But how does that happen when learning is presented as…
Here is child psychologist Dr. Megan Koschnick on why Early Childhood Standards of Common Core are Developmentally Inappropriate. This is her…
On Tuesday the day broke with bright sunshine. The grass was rimed with sparkling frost and the air was sharp…
I loved the addition of graphic artists at this year's NAIS Annual Conference. It was a marvel to watch them…
Childhood is another country: they do things differently there.* Great researchers and thinkers about education (think Froebel, Piaget, Vygotsky and…
I had the pleasure today of hearing Shawn Achor speak on the topic of happiness and the science of positive…
When young people spend countless hours, days, and weeks on activities that they find meaningless, there are psychological and social…
It's testing season and here's a timely reminder that traditional testing for ability is not the last word in thinking…
There's a good article in the latest Educational Leadership: "The Perils and Promise of Praise". It's by Carol Dweck. The…
Gary Stager came to Poughkeepsie Day School at the end of March and he began with a lively Vassar College/…