Bard College ranked more rigorous than Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale! thedailybeast.com/newsweek/featu…

What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? nytimes.com/2011/09/18/mag…

Great ASCD blog on the whole child whatworks.wholechildeducation.org/blog/?tag=safe

The Grand New Alliance, Rob Stein huffingtonpost.com/rob-stein/post…

Genius Turns iPad Into Amazing Halloween Magic [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] mashable.com/2011/10/29/ipa… via Mashable

Six Thinking Hats - Decision-Making Skills Training from MindTools.com mindtools.com/pages/article/… via Mindtools

IdeaPaint - Create a whiteboard ANYWHERE http://feedly.com/k/huZCr6

Lesson Planet http://www.lessonplanet.com/directory/science

PBS Teachers - Math http://www.pbs.org/teachers/math/

Mind Games: How toxic chemicals are impairing children’s ability to learn http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6162

sugar is toxic http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html?_r=1 and http://acidcow.com/pics/18966-sugar-36-pics.html

figment - share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors http://figment.com/

tikatok - every child has a story http://www.tikatok.com/classroom

show beyond - website for developing students’ writing, focuses more on multimedia slideshow narratives http://www.showbeyond.com/show/home

Lessons in compassion berkshirecountryday.org/current-famili…

What Makes BCD Independent and Distinctive – The Master Plan for Each Student berkshirecountryday.org/current-famili…

Eight Tech Trends for Librarians (and Teachers too!) hepg.org/hel/article/502

Private School Tuition Hits the Stratosphere: $40,000 Per Year dailyfinance.com/2011/06/22/pri…

Leon Botstein has made it mandatory for freshmen at Bard to take a three-week intensive on a scientific discipline colbertnation.com/the-colbert-re…

Check out the Blue Horse Inn in Woodstock, VT! Spectacular! Go!