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		<title>Born to help</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turns out that we may be hard wired to co-operate and help out. And this behavior occurs in children before, and in the absence of, specific training and in babies as early as  twelve months. Biologists are concluding that even infants are innately sociable and helpful to others. And it&#8217;s not a matter of etiquette [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of play</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the debate on the purpose of play in early childhood simmers on. It popped up on my Facebook page yesterday with this from the ASCD: Play is problem solving That then led me to the The Playtime’s the Thing from the Washington Post. The pressure is on to raise achievement scores and this puts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dangerous praise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good reminder about how not to praise from Stephen Currie in a recent post to the PDS Math Guy Blog. It&#8217;s all to do with the effort effect and how to talk to kids about their work. Researcher Carol Dweck&#8217;s work has shown that  praise for being smart is a great demotivator. Here are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;I deserve it, you don&#039;t&quot;: Marshmallows and crime</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deferred gratification – that ability to work for something now at the expense of immediate reward in order to receive a greater reward later &#8211; has long been a social staple of the middle class. Work hard in school,earn a place in college and get a better paying job. Save for a deposit and buy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the archive: PDS finds a home 1934</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The Poughkeepsie Eagle-News  Saturday Morning July 14th 1934 NRA &#8211; We Do Our Part  3 cents a copy Here it is:  July 14th 1934: the first media mention I can find of the beginning of PDS. Headline: Old Spaulding Home sought by New School.  The new school was PDS and the Spaulding House was at Hooker [...]]]></description>
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