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The Disappointment Muscle

A year ago I had the opportunity to re-connect with an old friend and colleague Erik Weihenmayer. Erik and I had worked together in the late ninet...

Graduation 2010

Click here for a great slide show from Sunday's Graduation. http://www.devkhalsaphotography.com/tcsgraduation2010/

Proud to be a Cutthroat!

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Gratitude

Billy Collins read this poem to our graduates in 2007. It never gets old... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EjB7rB3sWc&feature=player_embedded

21st Century Teachers

Check out this simple little YouTube Video on the subject of 21st Century Teachers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4g5M06YyVw

Great story about the rules about rules

In this great story from NPR's "All Things Considered" there are quite a few thought-provoking ideas about rules for both parents and teachers. ...

Are boys falling behind?

In this thoughtful article from The New York Times the author suggests that perhaps we could serve boys better in school: http://www.nytimes.com/2...

Can Good Teaching Be Taught

From "The Marshall Memo" In this thoughtful New York Times Magazine article, Elizabeth Green describes the work of Doug Lemov, a New York educator...

Competition

In this thoughtful Kappan article,University of Missouri/St. Louis professors David Light Shields and Brenda Light Bredemeier reexamine Alfie Kohn’...

Unitasking

This article was originally published in the October 19, 2008 issue of the Wood River Journal and seems quite relevant today: "Kids can be great “...

Powder Day 2010

My Powder Day actually started at 7pm on Sunday night when I pushed send and the email alert began its rounds. My three boys, of course, reading o...

Our New Early Childhood Center

As we embark on the establishment of our Reggio Emilia Early Childhood Center here at The Community School this article could be particularly helpf...

Interesting Article on Video Games in School

Can video games teach kids? Read here about one school doing just that!

Daniel Pink on Readings and Trends for the New Year

Daniel Pink, author of the new book, Drive, offers the following recommended readings and trend predictions as we start the new year (the comments ...

A few recent newspaper articles

In the past week The Community School has been featured in three newspaper articles in the Idaho Mountain Express. Our "Students From Afar Program...

Bill Gates' 11 Rules of Life

Not bad advice from one of the most influential men of our time: Rule 1: Life is not fair -- get used to it! Rule 2: The world won't care ...

Performance

Malcolm Gladwell's latest book, "What the Dog Saw" is an expansive compilation of his New Yorker columns over the past decade. One, in particular,...

NurtureShock

This exciting book by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman caught my eye recently and contained three themes, in particular, that are quite relevant to o...

Grit

This interesting article from the Boston Globe suggests that hard work and determination are every bit as important as talent and ability. [AJW...

21st Century Fluency

In our opening faculty meetings back in August the Community School faculty participated in an outstanding workshop with Lee Crockett, a Canadian c...

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