Dane's Education Blog

. . . insights on children and parenting and a resource for educators and parents on children, teaching, learning, and leadership.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

How Do You Handel a Food Court Chorus?

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    There are different ways in which children can be introduced to classical music.  The video below presents one way George Frideric Hande...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Conversations with Middle Schoolers

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     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.   ...
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

The Blessing of a B Minus

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     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...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

A Brave New World-Wide Web

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     Can we keep up with our students when it comes to technology?      Kind of like the popular short video " Did You Know ," ...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

One Crazy Summer

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     One Crazy Summer the newest young adult book by Rita Williams-Garcia just may be the next Newbery Medal winner.  Even though you wil...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

7 x 13 = 28?

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   "Dad, I need help on my math homework."        How often have parents been confronted with having to help their child with a ...
Saturday, November 6, 2010

Leadership for the Right Reasons

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    This week I attended the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) Annual Heads' Conference where the keynote speak...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Letting Go

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     I love watching fifth graders — that's just about the time this happens — casually but insistently slide away from their parents wh...
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Sunday, October 31, 2010

More on E-book Revolution

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      I am closely following our transition from books to e-books.  It is happening faster than I could have imagined.  Much like the disapp...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Learning Learning Differences

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      Dr. Joyce Pickering, Executive Director Emeritus of the Shelton School in Dallas, Texas — the nation's largest private school fo...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

Carefully Teaching Children

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      I bumped into two beautiful resources that send a distinct message of helping us understand the subtleties of how we unwittingly teach...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

The Pacifier

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     From time to time I will share one-page stories about kids, education, and parenting that I have written over the years.  Amusing but ...
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

How Good is Montessori Mathematics?

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     Manipulatives in mathematics have been consistently good for teaching children mathematics.  Montessori mathematics is known for using ...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

GoGoNews

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     With a mission of  "To educate, expose and entertain the little minds in our lives - one day at a time." GoGoNews is a neat ...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

The Hole In The Wall

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"Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education — the best teachers and schools don't exist whe...
Thursday, October 7, 2010

Research on Study Habits of Children & Adults

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     “Every September, millions of parents try a kind of psychological witchcraft, to transform their summer-glazed campers into fall studen...
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Monday, October 4, 2010

34¢ ? Really?

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     Technology continues to follow   Moore's Law   where the number of transistors per square inch on a microchip double every 18 month...
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Friday, October 1, 2010

Trustee Responsibility

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      Here is a question and an especially eloquent response extracted from the NAIS Head of School Listserve.  I post this because it is a...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Lice

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    There's been a lot of talk about head lice since the beginning of school.  The newspapers, listserves, and general conversation amo...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Beloit College Mindset List for Class of 2014

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     I discovered this list while watching the evening news.  Here is what the website says:      "Each August since 1998, Beloit Coll...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

A Gendered Experience

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     Be sure to get a copy of the fall issue of Independent School magazine.   With a theme of leadership in independent schools, there ...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Current Events Test

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     Check your knowledge of current events by taking this short test presented by the Pew Research Center.      I'm not sharing my ...
Sunday, September 12, 2010

Parents Finding Hope

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     I was first introduced to the dreadful disease progeria when I read the international bestseller book When Bad Things Happen to Good Pe...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Head of School Notes

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     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...
Friday, September 3, 2010

Hyperbole or Happening?

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     In a recent NAIS Heads' Listserve exchange, one head of school offered this library of videos.  Most are short and can help instig...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Gutenberg v. E-book in Book Evolution

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       I was astonished — actually, no I wasn't — when I read Robert Pinsky's review of The Book in the Renaissance  by Andrew Pett...
Friday, August 27, 2010

Grandparents

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     I've been thinking a lot about grandparents and the role they play with their daughters and sons and grandchildren; and I came acro...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Race to Nowhere

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     Here is another documentary on education in the U.S. that will be released the end of September, " Race to Nowhere ."  Very d...
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Friday, August 20, 2010

Waiting for Superman

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     On Monday, I am going to see the preview of what may be a revolutionary film on education.   "Waiting for Superman" is a doc...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Monticello

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