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• Independent Study in Skateboarding

  We recently finished Intensives Week at PSCS. That’s when we freeze the regular class schedule and students immerse themselves in one class that lasts all day,... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• What’s the Point?

  I got this note from a former student—I gotta say, one of my favorite former students—who said he had planned on writing this as a response to a recent post... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• The Best Way to Help Students Get Interested in Jungian Philosophy is to Offer...

  PSCS was lucky to have YouTube phenomenon Matt Harding do a guest lecture at the school earlier this year. He planned on giving a 90-minute presentation on the... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• Meaningful, Real-time Feedback

  I attended a great conference today, in which I got to hear a Chicago-area teacher named Dr. Tae elaborate on his thoughts about learning. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2011 SCHOOLING

• Connection

  One of my favorite thinkers right now is a researcher at the University of Houston named Brene Brown. I’ve embedded her TED talk at the bottom of this post,... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• The Yo-yo Champion (from the Archives)

  You might say that I’m overanalyzing this but, please, hear me out.I came across this three-and-a-half minute video featuring Jensen Kimmitt, the 2010 Yo-Yo... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Information

  Last year, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told us, “We now generate as much information every two days as was generated from the beginning of time to 2003. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• Pretending

  My neighborhood is buzzing over a scandal at the local high school. A school district investigation has revealed that a star basketball player was enrolled in... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• The Story of Sisyphus (from the Archives)

  I have friends who have quietly hinted that I’m a sellout. I had an opportunity to make change in the education system by working from the inside, as a classroo... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 SCHOOLING

• Deliberate Practice

  I read a great piece today by Sanjoy Mahajan about a concept called “deliberate practice.” He writes, “Deliberate practice requires careful reflection on what... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2011 SCHOOLING

• Where Should the Sidewalks Go?

  My wife is a fitness instructor, and we were talking about a new gym opening near our home. The gym will be offering group exercise classes, but it plans to rol... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• Memories of Middle School (from the Archives)

  When I was in 7th grade, I attended a middle school that was named for a recently deceased community leader. Really, it should have been called Lord of the Flie... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 SCHOOLING

• Why Didn’t You Tell Me?

  For the rest of April, this space will be used to support a fundraiser for PSCS. The stories here will be posted in the same spirit of generating conversation... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, SOCIETY

• “Miracle School”

  For the rest of April, this space will be used to support a fundraiser for PSCS. The stories here will be posted in the same spirit of generating conversation... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• PSCS’s Reach Extends Beyond the Students Who Attend Day-to-day

  For the rest of April, this space will be used to support a fundraiser for PSCS. The stories here will be posted in the same spirit of generating conversation... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• The Workplace of the Future

  For the next 10 days, this space will be used to support a fundraiser for PSCS. The stories here will be posted in the same spirit of generating conversation... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2011 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• What Cheaters and Sadists Can Teach Us About School (from the Archives)

  I recently came across an interesting study on competition:What happens when you recruit dozens of students to perform a maze-based computer task and then you... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• What Happens When We Give Ourselves Permission to Fail

  I recently came across some research by Heidi Grant Halvorson, author of Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals. Her findings illuminate a surprising insight:... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• Teenagers Are Lazy, Sullen, Disaffected, and Disrespectful

  

  I’m typically not the first person the jump on any new technology. For example, I got my first cell phone about two years ago. It was a hand-me-down from wife,... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• Adult Development

  Last night I came upon an article called “What Relevance Does Adult Development Theory Have for Coaching?” It’s written by Dr. John Derry, and is a reflection o... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2011 FAMILY, SCHOOLING