Head of School Blog - Thinking About School

Here at Wooster School, like many schools, we love a good party and we love the treats that come with them. We love the treats so much that they have transcended the parties. Bowls and jars of candy, cupcakes, cookies and the current favorite -- donuts -- abound. I see so many Dunkin’ Donuts …

For the last several years, I’ve been following a website called Brain Pickings (brainpickings.org), which curates content related to thinking, creativity, writing and, well, the meaning of life. It sounds like a tall order, but the site is structured around a particular book or books each week, …

This was a particularly dismal winter for anyone like me who likes to run outdoors. The difference for me this year was that for the first time in recent memory, I had a treadmill nearby, in the gym at Wooster, so I started to make like a hamster and run on the wheel. I discovered that one of the …

Knowledge comes on the coattails of thinking – David Perkins

Because making thinking visible has been so much a part of our work with teachers and students this year, I thought it sensible to spend some time reflecting upon our efforts in my first official blog post.

So what the heck is “making …

Before I start posting my thinking to this blog site, it is important for people – teachers, parents, hopefully students – to understand that this is a space in which I am looking to share ideas. The posts will be neither policy statements nor guidelines for action but rather a chance for me to …