Forts & fights & thirty years

Forts & fights & thirty years

by | Nov 5, 2013 | Daily life, Pictures

At School Meeting today, we’ll hear a motion to amend the current rules about “WIPs” (Works In Progress) to allow for outside WIPs to be kept on forts overnight. In other words, to establish some form of property rights — the ability of a...

Another note about test scores

by | May 31, 2013 | Ideas, Public policy

Peter Gray’s latest post over at Psychology Today, Be Glad for Our Failure to Catch Up with China in Education, reminds me of this post Jim wrote here back in October. Both make the pretty commonsense point that standardized test scores are probably not a great...

A view from a new family

by | Apr 22, 2013 | Parenting, Stories

A new-to-The-Circle-School mom wrote a post on her blog about their journey from Kansas City to Harrisburg and The Circle School, and some of her observations and experiences of the school. I found it interesting, and even learned some things (did you know we have...
The benefits of play

The benefits of play

by | Jan 17, 2013 | Play, Public policy

Play is a hot topic these days, and every article I read on the subject reinforces for me the “rightness” of the Circle School experience. Here’s an article about the benefits of play, both social and “academic.” Enjoy. 🙂...