One of the greatest, most revolutionary educational experts of our time is Sir Ken Robinson. Perhaps you saw his now ubiquitous Ted Talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity? In it, Robinson contends that creativity is now as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status
Pizzagate! Russia!
Unless you have been living under a rock (without Internet access), you have probably heard a lot of the recent buzz about fake news. It doesn’t seem like fake news and misinformation are going away. And according to today’s All Things Considered, many schools are not doing a
Stanford Dean warns that many parents are overemphasizing grades and scores, perhaps to our children's detriment. Instead of helping children build self-efficacy or thinking about what they might be interested in studying, we create too much anxiety over B's, or G-d forbid some C's. Are grades
This year, our entire school community is on an exciting journey exploring Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Last week, our elementary students conducted Student-Led Conferences at which they discussed individual goals they had set as readers, writers, and mathematicians, as well
Sometimes a new concept or trend emerges, and you can’t imagine why we didn’t do this sooner! I believe you will soon agree that the Student-Led Conference (SLC) is a transformational and indispensable tool from which all schools and children could benefit. This year, our Elementary Division is