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I Get Wet: A Love Story for the Ages
I Get Wet: A Love Story for the Ages I Get Wet is a short film that was co-written by an amazing afterschool class of elementary school children at the Grace Church School in Lower Manhattan and Benh … more →
Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities
A progressive vs conservative view of education
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Sandy Crux wrote 2 days ago: I tend to view myself as a “progressive” conservative, or red Tory, particularly when it … more →
The empty chair, the unreturned call—bullies and the parents who don’t parent them
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privilegeofparenting wrote 1 week ago: An all too common situation that parents confront is when a child is bullied. This can happen as yo … more →
Orchid Children
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privilegeofparenting wrote 2 weeks ago: A recent Atlantic article by David Dobbs on the “Science of Success,” offers a wealth of insights on … more →
Getting wise
Greg Whitby wrote 2 weeks ago: The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) has just concluded in Doha. Policy makers, educat … more →
Cultivating a work ethic
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privilegeofparenting wrote 3 weeks ago: When it comes to academics, I’ve been thinking about where to set the bar for my kids, and about the … more →
Educational Issues: Tory 'Elitism'?
Becca wrote 1 month ago: The Tories have announced that they intend to raise the entry requirements for would-be Primary Scho … more →
Why McGuinty all-day Kindergarten is flawed
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Sandy Crux wrote 1 month ago: See also Sunday update at the end of this post. The McGuinty government’s all-day Kindergarten … more →
Educational Issues: KS2 Testing & Teaching Licenses
Becca wrote 1 month ago: The Prime Minister has spoken out in response to teaching unions’ petitions to scrap the KS2 … more →
Educational Issues: Safeguarding
Becca wrote 1 month ago: I went to see Alan yesterday! Alan is the Vice Principal of Queen Mary’s College (my 6th form) … more →
To Medicate or Not to Medicate?
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privilegeofparenting wrote 1 month ago: This is a big question that often comes up when I’m consulting with parents about their kids: … more →
Playtime
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privilegeofparenting wrote 1 month ago: A recent article by Lea Winerman, “Play in peril,” (Monitor on Psychology; September, 2009) outlines … more →
"Counting On" Is An Important Math Strategy
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Mary Mimouna wrote 2 months ago: “Counting on” is the name of the strategy given to what I will describe in this post ( a … more →
Get Smart
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privilegeofparenting wrote 2 months ago: Richard Nisbett, Ph.D. is a cognitive psychologist and researcher who teaches at the University of M … more →
As parents we need to do windows
privilegeofparenting wrote 2 months ago: If we don’t learn better, we humans tend to be ego-centric (i.e. believing that others think, … more →
A Tale of Three Cities
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privilegeofparenting wrote 2 months ago: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age … more →
How Teachers Can Help a New Student Make Friends
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Mary Mimouna wrote 2 months ago: When a new student arrives in a new school, whether in his home country, or as an expat, he generall … more →
To do or not to do
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Nikita wrote 2 months ago: Die wind in die baai het gaan lê Die wind in die baai het gaan lê en rondom het dit oor Houtbaai, oo … more →
What's not to like about Obama's back-to-school speech?
Sandy Crux wrote 3 months ago: Today, as a Canadian, I witnessed political partisanship that is so over the top, and so beyond comm … more →
What is an IEP and how do I get one?
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privilegeofparenting wrote 4 months ago: Having worked with a wide array of special needs kids, as a psychologist I am aware that many parent … more →
