I'm always grateful when Post Oak parents send me articles to read about parenting and education. I enjoy our shared dialog, and it reminds me of their keen interest in topics that shape my p...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2015/03/seek-not-to-make-them-like-you.html
I told them I went to a Montessori school. You would think people would just say “okay” and move on, but that rarely occurred. No, this question always launched a number of others. “ISN...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2015/03/how-montessori-prepared-me-for-college.html
Overindulgent parents may breed narcissistic children. Kids who were told they were better than others came to believe it. More fall-out from the self-esteem movement. Check out the researc...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2015/03/my-child-is-more-special-than-other.html
College’s Priceless Value By Frank Bruni, The New York Times (from February 11, 2015) What’s the most transformative educational experience you’ve had? I was asked this question recent...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2015/02/stay-little.html
Montessori principles change schools in profound ways. Montessori principles can also change adult institutions. Dr. Montessori's aspirations were to change the world. From the Harvard Bu...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2015/02/business-montessori-way.html
In the op-ed piece "A Pox upon Campus Life," Frank Bruni writes about college fraternities: "They contrive micro-communities of sameness in a world of difference. They favor contact with lik...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/12/micro-communities-of-sameness.html
Here's a blog posting by Scott Dannemiller, "The one question every parent should stop asking." He goes on to say, "As parents, we focus 100 percent of our energy asking the wrong question.....
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/12/not-my-best-parenting-moment.html
Is teaching a performance art? That question is at the heart of NPR's education story, "Channeling Springsteen: teachers as performers," that aired Monday. Check out the You Tube clip of ...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/11/anyone-anyone.html
A recent post on the blog Rox and Roll: the Cacaphony of Motherhood has stirred up a bit of controversy: "Parents: Let Harvard Go." Rox's post was precipitated by several teen suicides...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/11/parents-calm-down.html
DO INCENTIVES, COMPETITION ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO EAT FRUITS, VEGGIES? (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) Giving elementary-school students small rewards, such as stickers and toys, helped en...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-vegetable-problem.html
Here's a reference from NAIS' "Education in the News:" COLLEGES MAKE IT EASIER FOR STUDENTS TO SHOW, NOT TELL, IN THEIR APPLICATIONS BY RICHARD PEREZ-PENA, The New York Times (FROM SEPTEMBE...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/10/excellent-sheep.html
Friday Night Lights author speaks out against youth and high school football. How do you spell 'concussions'?
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/09/head-butting.html
Parent-teacher conferences. Where are the students in that picture? Who owns the learning? Who owns a student's interests and effort? Put the student at the table. And prepare them...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/09/is-student-builder-or-brick.html
"This playdate garbage is ruining our kids. I shudder every time someone asks me if our kids can have a playdate together. That word is almost as bad as Mr. Mom. " thanks to Post Oak parent R...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/07/this-playdate-garbage-is-ruining-our.html
"5 non-digital job skills." An article forwarded to me by Mirna Andrade-Salgado, our technology director. Mirna displays these skills herself, and as a mother of 4 Montessori children, she...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/07/non-digital-job-skills.html
We had a World Cup viewing party at Post Oak School yesterday. Fajita lunch with birthday cake, too, since it is my birthday tomorrow. Red, white and blue balloons. It was fun to watch th...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/06/world-cup-montessori.html
This is serious stuff. The science of play. Stuart Brown, founding director of the National Institute for Play , is interviewed on my favorite early-early-Sunday morning radio show, "On B...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/06/national-institute-of-play-really.html
We wrestle with alligators. Education is one of those alligators. William Morris said, "man is a learning animal." Google that phrase and it auto-corrects to "man is NOT a learning anim...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/03/truly-innovative.html
My reading always bumps into itself. Ideas crash into other ideas like bumper cars. Sometimes they're going in the same direction but at different speeds. Somtimes they're going in differen...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2013/12/innovation-fatigue.html
Below is a note I sent to faculty today, pointing them to the story "21 microaggressions you hear on a daily basis." Faculty and staff: The children and families of Post Oak, as well as...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2013/12/micro-aggressions.html
Grit is much in the news these days, testing our attention span. How long will we pay attention? Oh, yah, THAT idea again. I've already grokked it. Grit Rich. That's the title of a bl...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2013/12/doggedness-rather-than-talent.html
"My Biggest Regret as a Teacher." Check out David Ginsburg's blog . We sometimes hear from parents who think we should "push" their kids. Or who wonder why we don't give grades. Or who ...
See the Ellie video. It was produced by the Oregon Business Council and featured on the web site of the Montessori Northwest teacher training center. "Maybe school should be like a GPS. We...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2013/12/tried-and-true.html
"Global children are curious, open-minded and aware of the world around them, explained Stacie Nevadomski Berdan, during a recent telephone interview. Berdan, an international careers expert,...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2013/11/raising-global-children.html
"Being able to focus, hold, and work with information in mind, filter distractions, and switch gears is like having an air traffic control system at a busy airport to manage the arrivals and de...
http://educationbydesign.blogspot.com/2013/11/air-traffic-control-for-brain.html