Dane's Education Blog

    There are different ways in which children can be introduced to classical music.  The video below presents one way George Frideric Hande...

     I thought that it might be good to follow up on my last post with an article I wrote a while back  on talking to middle schoolers.   ...

     I picked up Wendy Mogel's newest book The Blessing of a B Minus the same day I decided to watch the 1977, Oscar-winning, Woody A...

     Can we keep up with our students when it comes to technology?      Kind of like the popular short video " Did You Know ," ...

     One Crazy Summer the newest young adult book by Rita Williams-Garcia just may be the next Newbery Medal winner.  Even though you wil...

   "Dad, I need help on my math homework."        How often have parents been confronted with having to help their child with a ...

    This week I attended the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) Annual Heads' Conference where the keynote speak...

     I love watching fifth graders — that's just about the time this happens — casually but insistently slide away from their parents wh...

      I am closely following our transition from books to e-books.  It is happening faster than I could have imagined.  Much like the disapp...

      Dr. Joyce Pickering, Executive Director Emeritus of the Shelton School in Dallas, Texas — the nation's largest private school fo...

      I bumped into two beautiful resources that send a distinct message of helping us understand the subtleties of how we unwittingly teach...

     From time to time I will share one-page stories about kids, education, and parenting that I have written over the years.  Amusing but ...

     Manipulatives in mathematics have been consistently good for teaching children mathematics.  Montessori mathematics is known for using ...

     With a mission of  "To educate, expose and entertain the little minds in our lives - one day at a time." GoGoNews is a neat ...

"Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education — the best teachers and schools don't exist whe...

     “Every September, millions of parents try a kind of psychological witchcraft, to transform their summer-glazed campers into fall studen...

     Technology continues to follow   Moore's Law   where the number of transistors per square inch on a microchip double every 18 month...

      Here is a question and an especially eloquent response extracted from the NAIS Head of School Listserve.  I post this because it is a...

    There's been a lot of talk about head lice since the beginning of school.  The newspapers, listserves, and general conversation amo...

     I discovered this list while watching the evening news.  Here is what the website says:      "Each August since 1998, Beloit Coll...

     Be sure to get a copy of the fall issue of Independent School magazine.   With a theme of leadership in independent schools, there ...

     Check your knowledge of current events by taking this short test presented by the Pew Research Center.      I'm not sharing my ...

     I was first introduced to the dreadful disease progeria when I read the international bestseller book When Bad Things Happen to Good Pe...

     Over my career as a head of school, I have enjoyed reflecting on the job and writing about my impressions on being a head of scho...

     In a recent NAIS Heads' Listserve exchange, one head of school offered this library of videos.  Most are short and can help instig...

       I was astonished — actually, no I wasn't — when I read Robert Pinsky's review of The Book in the Renaissance  by Andrew Pett...

     I've been thinking a lot about grandparents and the role they play with their daughters and sons and grandchildren; and I came acro...

     Here is another documentary on education in the U.S. that will be released the end of September, " Race to Nowhere ."  Very d...

     On Monday, I am going to see the preview of what may be a revolutionary film on education.   "Waiting for Superman" is a doc...

     What impressed me most about visiting our third President, Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello , was when the tour guide — a guy that c...