Dr. P's POV

  • Celebrating Dr. King at Stevens

    Monday, January 23, 2012

    The days that preceded and followed Martin Luther King, Jr. day were a clarion reminder of the nexus between social justice and progressive education...

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  • No, We Don't Give Letter Grades

    Monday, December 05, 2011

    No we don’t give letter grades. Why should we, when we test, benchmark and continuously assess our students over time. No we don’t give letter grades, yet our students historically perform in the upper percentile in standardized exams...

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  • Are great private schools only in NYC and the suburbs?

    Thursday, October 27, 2011

    In response to New York Time's Article “Private Schools in Suburbs Tap Manhattan Market” published October 21, 2011.

    As a Head of School, I am empathetic to the shortages of private schools. Yes, New York is the epicenter of the dynamic, cultural and global, but we should not let New York-centric blinders prevent parents from knowing that educational life lives beyond the borders of Manhattan.

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  • Do We Have a Bullying Problem?

    Monday, October 03, 2011

    Bullying: the word evokes alarming images of the schoolyard thug who preys upon weaker students or the threatening youth who extorts lunch money from the new kid in 8th grade. But as we have come to know, it can be far subtler while still psychologically devastating, like the youth who encourages others to shun a once-favored friend as the price of entrance into the clique.

    Do we have a bullying problem at our school?

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  • Project Connect

    Thursday, September 22, 2011

    “…the illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Alan Toffler

    This year, we are stepping up into the digital world at Stevens with Project Connect, a multiyear initiative that will transform infrastructure, tool deployment and how we think about communication, connection and global classrooms

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Dr. P's POV is a blog by Stevens Cooperative School's Interim Head of School, Dr. David Penberg.


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