2008

Outdoors at Lunchtime

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16 years ago

Slow Food, Slow School: John Cleese and the Promise of the Tortoise Brain

There's a slow food movement so why not a slow mind movement? Some years ago Guy Claxton wrote Hare Brain,…

16 years ago

Keep Calm and Carry On

In a time of crisis and turmoil it is sometimes valuable to turn to the past for reassurance. So: -…

16 years ago

An Amazing New Periodic Table

Take a look at this fantastic tool. How many of these skills do you have at your mousetip? Since 1996…

16 years ago

PDS for Peace

It was International Day of Peace last Sunday and today the middle school assembled on the soccer pitch and formed…

16 years ago

What Counts?

From the colorful and personalized counting books of the pre-k to the calculations of trigonometry via an intriguing problem on…

16 years ago

Kind Words

When you write a blog for the world to see you can never be sure who reads it nor what…

16 years ago

Sanctuary

There's an animal sanctuary in Saugerties and today students from the high school were there giving a helping hand. There…

16 years ago

An Education President for the 21st Century

The next president needs to be multi-dimensional, addressing issues that extend far beyond the classroom, but which are critically connected…

16 years ago

We Are Under Construction But There’s Still Plenty of Room for Recess

With the main playground currently out of bounds due to construction those swings are still, the tire swing empty, the…

16 years ago

Failing at Fairness (again)

A decade or so ago the focus was all on girls and how schools were failing to give them the…

16 years ago

Donald “Trump” Duck, Goldilocks and the Three Bear Markets

More humor. This time from Fast Company magazine where Tom Stern wonders whether the over achievement of some adults has…

16 years ago

Greetings, Parents

Did you see this Op-Art piece by Bruce Handy in yesterday's NYTimes? Hilarious. It's a spoof of back-to-school registration forms.…

16 years ago

Perturbation, Paradox and the Welcome Back Picnic: The Virtue of Necessary Change

Balance is a wonderful thing. We want it in our lives and in our school curriculum. But sometimes we need…

16 years ago