2015

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

The Future of Education

Panel on the Future of Education from the NAIS Annual Conference, Boston 2015. With college presidents Rebecca Chopp, Nan Keohane,…

9 years ago

School Leadership: Working Together and Birds in Flight

Have you ever seen a ton of starlings or red-wing blackbirds swooping about in unison as if they were in…

9 years ago

Loving Learning: Thank You Tom Little

Tom Little’s lifelong passion for progressive education emerged directly from his experience with its antithesis. I was six years old,…

9 years ago

Staying Curious: Susan Engel’s “The Hungry Mind”

The Hungry Mind The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood That's the title of Susan Engel's new book and it's about…

9 years ago

The Finns Are At It Again: Redesigning Education

Not content with sweeping the international testing stakes Finland is setting about radical school design and reform - again. And given…

9 years ago

The Essential Capacities

I'm not sure when PDS became a member of NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) but it was a long…

9 years ago

Paper Cuts: Josh at the Sewing Machine

The first day of alleged spring and another day disrupted by the rituals and routines of early dismissal. By  mid…

9 years ago

Before Endeavors Melt

It's been a cold winter here in the Hudson Valley.  Poughkeepsie records only go back to 1949  but this February…

9 years ago

Global Studies and Math Count

Dropped by the prek-k last week and found them deep in a pattern block exercise (well it actually felt like…

9 years ago