What To Do About Homework

If you were to ask me what is the most controversial and varied pedagogical practice, I would respond without a doubt: homework! Whether you completely oppose or totally support it, there is not one parent, one teacher, or one student who is indifferent to the topic. It’s a complicated, and

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Uctabea, une cité romaine

La vie sous l’Empire romain, les esclaves, les arènes, les amphithéâtres… Les élèves de CE2D ont dû faire des recherches sur tous ces sujets et bien d’autres encore pour pouvoir fabriquer cette maquette. Ils ont appris à faire du plâtre (pour créer le Sénat, le temple, les arènes et le

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Our Growth Mindset

Please forgive me if you have already heard me refer to the concept of “growth mindset,” a notion we owe to the renowned Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, whose book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, is one of the most thought-provoking texts about human psychology to have been published in a

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A rewarding trip to Haiti

From April 28th to May 1st, five members of the LFNY staff traveled to Haiti to continue the school’s pedagogical exchange program with the Lycee Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable (LJBPS) located in Saint Marc. Included on the trip were: Aurore Papazian and Alexandre Sivera, both Kindergarten teachers;  Marie-Odile Couture,

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