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December 26, 2009 By 1 Comment
navigating anew
Josie Holford
Poughkeepsie Day School News
- Attend Music and Art in May, Thursday, May 23Students from all three divisions featured! […]
- Middle School Head George Swain Talks About The PDS Annual FundTake a look! […]
- The 2012-2013 Yearbook is Coming!Place your order today to take advantage of early bird pricing […]
- Jazz Camp & Summer Camp Now EnrollingPrograms available for all ages! […]
- Athletic Fields Project Under Way!Ball field, soccer field and enhanced practice field slated for use in 2013‒2014 school year […]
Top Posts & Pages
Independent Perspective: Peter Gow
- Storify: Debate Continues Over Duncan's AERA SpeechThe debate over Education Secretary Arne Duncan's speech at AERA—and the protests it engendered—continues. […]
- Studying How To Test What Matters in PreschoolResearchers at the University of Minnesota are studying how to measure executive function as a foundation for early-school-readiness. […]
- Storify: Why Educators Should Care About Congress' Debate Over NSF Peer ReviewThink education research has a tendency to get politicized now? Congress is debating ways to increase its own control over the National Science Foundation's peer review process, a move that could put a serious chill on the study of controversial education and other public interest topics. […]
Edutopia
- Implementing Expanded Learning Time: Six Factors for SuccessAmrita Sahni of Boston's Edwards Middle School outlines the steps taken to successfully implement their renowned Expanded Learning Time (ELT) program. […]
- Hitting the Books: Summer Reading RecommendsSchool leader Elena Aguilar shares her book list for this summer. […]
- Teaching Students to Dig DeeperIn an excerpt from his new book, Teaching Students to Dig Deeper: The Common Core in Action, Ben Johnson provides teachers with a better understanding of the nature of the advanced thinking. […]
Leading and Learning
- New Zealand's Got Talent? The role of schools in talent developmentIt has been a wet weekend and by chance I have watched parts of talent shows on TV. What impressed me were the individuals that, until they begin their presentation, are often discounted by judges and viewers. One young man had a debilitating lisp which disappeared as he began to sing.Contestants are judged by what they can demonstrate.This ought to be the b […]
- Educational Readings - Sir Ken Robinson, Kelvin Smythe,Diane Khan,Bruce Hammonds et allBy Allan Alach One of the zillions of overseas websites that I follow includes a weekly ‘Secret Teacher’ blog. It strikes me that there maybe many teachers out there who have very strong feelings about educational matters in their own country, but who are naturally afraid to speak out due to employment matters. Having been hit by the clobbering machine mysel […]
- New Zealand education. A choice between Creativity and Charter SchoolsI am going to keep this posting simple.Pro Charter SchoolsThe Charter School movement is gathering momentum and schools need to be aware of the pros and cons - and to share this awareness with their Board of Trustees and their parents generally.First watch John Banks of New Zealand being positive about Charter Schools in this video clip. ( 7 minutes)Then a […]
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Very impressive, indeed. Though I will point out that most of my “snail mail” is more exciting than my e-mail. I savor a hand-written letter and nobody ever sends me a message that I need to increase the size of a body part or give money to a bank in Nairobi.
.-= John Spencer´s last blog ..the effects of a rainy day =-.