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Winter Project Week 2010
Project Week is at the essence of progressive education, especially the part about how we do it instead of final exams. In most classrooms, you have the Big Vessel, or teacher, and a bunch of Little Vessels, or students. Over the course of a semester, the Big Vessel pours knowledge into the Little Vessels. During [...]
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The annual Student Art Month is an exhibit of artwork by students at eight area high schools including The Putney School. The 3-D work has been on display on the second floor of Vermont Artisan Designs and the 2-D work at The River Garden, both on Main Street in Brattleboro, since March 5th.
Three awards [...]
In an effort to interest and excite young people about responsible nuclear arms control and disarmament, The Putney School and the Windham World Affairs Council, are hosting a day-long program at the School on Saturday, April 17, 2010.
The program is in anticipation of the five-year review at the United Nations in May of the Nuclear [...]
Putney School Director Emily Jones published an article in the current issue of Independent School magazine that, among other things, explains why so many of the children are being left behind despite educators’ efforts to teach them how to answer test questions. It’s an interesting read that gets to the essence of progressive education’s goals [...]
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