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Talking to Children about Tragedy…Again?
BOSTON MARATHON 2013 To help children (and ourselves) stay grounded while sorting through the Boston Tragedy: Washington Post – How to Talk to Children About Boston Bombings Huffington Post: Children and Tragedy
McConn and Courtney on Shepard Field
McConn and Courtney on Shepard Field At small schools, we plan buddy classes and create opportunities through the ski program for students to interact and mentor. But we also make sure each student is known and valued.
How community celebrated…
I have been working with a small group of teachers and board members setting some strategic priorities for Tuxedo Park School moving forward. This “think tank” has spent time reading, dreaming and sorting out our thoughts on program, innovation and … Continue reading
Invent Your Job!
While I do not always agree with Tom Friedman, this article in the Sunday Times poses interesting questions for the future of education in our schools… http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/friedman-need-a-job-invent-
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Mission Statement for School? Yes. For family? Hmm.
Mission Statement for School? Yes. For family? Hmm. What I love about this article is that “family” gets raised to the level of any other important organization or community. As we at TPS seek to reaffirm our mission, so too, … Continue reading
A Room of One’s Own “…a woman must have money and room of her own if she is to write fiction…” –Virginia Woolf And for a head of school to write non-fiction? A funded two-week program and a room … Continue reading
Klingenstein Head’s Program, February 8, 2013 Abrupt End…
This amazing two weeks came to an abrupt and disruptive end with the arrival of Winter Storm Nemo. Columbia completely shut down Thursday evening for Friday morning, and thus our final research presentations to the Graduate Students and our “graduation … Continue reading
Klingenstein Heads at The MET Museum of Art, February 2013
What an amazing gift these two weeks have truly been!
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Klingenstein Heads Program, February 7, 2013: Research
Watching the sun rise over Manhattan, I am reminded of being back in graduate school, under deadline, finishing off a paper. This gorgeous sunrise almost went undetected as I sit at my desk, in my room, toiling away at … Continue reading
Klingenstein Heads Program, February 6, 2013
I just discovered this posting as we are working collaboratively on our paper at Columbia. Very interesting and succinct! Thanks, Tom Batty! Granted, and… [UPDATE February 2015: Over the past few years, numerous people have commented on my last paragraph … Continue reading
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