RattleBag and Rhubarb

Citizen Science

I learned a great deal about eels from Graham Swift's remarkable 1983 novel Waterland set in the watery fens of…

9 years ago

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…

9 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…

9 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…

9 years ago

This is Genius

Video well worth watching:

9 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…

9 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…

9 years ago

What a night!

We had a terrific benefit auction party last night. So many thanks are due to volunteer auction chair Ann Enriquez…

9 years ago

Why are we doing this to our children?

Here is child psychologist Dr. Megan Koschnick on why Early Childhood Standards of Common Core are Developmentally Inappropriate. This is her…

9 years ago

What’s wrong with this picture?

I always enjoy Valerie Strauss's Answer Sheet blog in the Washington Post. She frequently provides a platform for teacher voices…

9 years ago