Arnie's Blog

First day back for ISP teachers What a great feeling, getting school ready for the start of the new year at the International School of...

Teachers Summit 2013: Progressive methods of teaching The international School of Prague recently hosted the 4th Annual Czech Teachers...

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said, faster horses. In our quest for educational relevancy and change, we tend...

Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal, Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent children and adults whose...

Salman Kahn responding to question on Google Play Schools of the past Not based on how humans actually learn groups of kids in age-based...

Art by Emma B There has been much talk in the past few years about creativity and innovation and its place in business and other...

The final section of the book called “Effective School Networks” contains a chapter with my contribution, entitled, “When is data useful...

ISP Parent Focus Group Over the past year, teachers at the International School of Prague have formed Professional Focus Groups (PFG)...

Klingenstein Fellowship Program I recently returned from a two-week heads of school fellowship program sponsored by the Klingenstein...

Educators have known for many years that the traditional assessment model of letter or percentage grades, is imperfect to say the least....

I recently attended the European Council of International Schools‘ annual teachers’ conference in my role as Chair of the ECIS Board of...

Once per month at ISP we set aside time in the teacher’s busy schedule to think out of the box and focus on our school’s future...

"Hercules Fingers" - Remnant of a statue of Hercules I recently visited Amman, Jordan to attend a board of trustees meeting of...

“…we can but be astonished at the blind faith that has been felt in the reliability of the marking system. School administrators have...

Much has been said and written over the past few years about the new understandings of how the brain learns, the impact of technology on...

As part of our strategic plan, we at the International School of Prague are developing a Professional Learning Community (PLC)...

For more than a decade there has been a movement to create Professional Learning Communities or PLCs in schools. Advocated by many...