Bragging on our Local Schools

We’ve lived in Kennett for over a decade now.  Like most people who move across the border from Delaware, we did it for a list of reasons, including the schools.  We also said to ourselves that if we ever felt the need, we would move our kids to private school-...

Infrastructure

Infrastructure in an interesting word and concept.  It is the bones, or framework around which we build everything from ideas to a house, to our larger communities, and our Country as a whole.  Without a solid foundation, we can’t build a larger structure on top...

A Perceived Threat

A local school received a threat early this week, and the specifics were frightening but not clear and specified today’s date for the mayhem.  The school district acted appropriately in every regard, in terms of searches of the school, and searches of kids...

Schools and Copyright

An article was published on the Washington Post site about a new proposed rule regarding copyright for teachers and students.  The article starts out stating: A proposal by the Prince George’s County Board of Education to copyright work created by staff and students...

Rethinking School

I attended my favorite conference, Educon, this past weekend.  There was an interesting set of sessions talking about design thinking in schools, and how we could re-imagine the way schools and classrooms are designed, so that they would promote the skills we say we...