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TomOlverson

  1. Senior projects- three week program allows students to design their own learning. Presentations today were impressive! Congratulations! about 6 hours ago via web
  2. Re-reading Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow." Brilliant, dense, thought-provoking. the implications for teaching and learning are huge! 4:31 AM May 29th via web
  3. David Brooks on the danger of assuming that community service is necessarily the same as moral character. nytimes.com/2012/05/25/opi… 7:25 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPad
  4. Sages and Seekers- 10th grade English unit allows senior citizens to tell their stories to 10th graders- positive feedback from seniors! 4:15 AM May 24th via web
  5. More from Jay Matthews on private schools: wapo.st/KCSDEH 11:04 AM May 22nd via web
  6. Rivers makes Washington Post's Jay Matthews' list of top private schools in the country. wapo.st/KSHJ0A 11:02 AM May 22nd via web
  7. Rivers faculty are the best! Check out this video. bit.ly/Jj6ErB 6:02 AM May 22nd via web
  8. PhD dissertation written about the changes at Rivers over the past 15 years- writer used the "Good to Great" model to analyze the change. 3:25 AM May 18th via Twitter for iPad
  9. Assembly speech by Myron Mentis- don't know your passion? Fine, but don't stop looking. bit.ly/Jr5H2U 11:51 AM May 16th via web
  10. Talk about taking initiative- junior Carlton Jester teaches himself programming. bit.ly/JOqWZ6 1:18 PM May 15th via web
  11. We should sell the naming rights to our federal govt. buildings and use the $ to reduce the debt-Taco Bell White House nyti.ms/JsjJPV 4:01 AM May 13th via Twitter for iPad
  12. Talked to 8 Rivers sophomores as part of RISE Leadership program- so impressed with the insights they have gained about themselves this year 12:40 PM May 10th via web
  13. My latest blog on the pitfalls of a super-competitive school culture: bit.ly/JezqLj 8:16 AM May 10th via web
  14. Is this the collateral damage of a super competitive independent school environment? bit.ly/KepIZG 4:34 AM May 7th via web
  15. My latest blog on competition and passion. bit.ly/IjuJfX 10:05 AM May 1st via web
  16. Thought-provoking podcast on why good people do bad things. n.pr/JI77a8 10:01 AM Apr 28th via Twitter for iPad
  17. Living your dreams, pursuing your passion- great assembly talk by Director of Diversity John Bower. bit.ly/IWT4cL 10:24 AM Apr 27th via web
  18. Such a great article -really captures what I think a great school should do. nyti.ms/JkQOOX 6:03 PM Apr 24th via Twitter for iPad
  19. The best article I have read in a long time. Turkle is so wise. Enjoy! nyti.ms/I2UIsc 7:20 PM Apr 23rd via Twitter for iPad
  20. A lot of wisdom and good advice for high school seniors who have received college rejection letters- wapo.st/I8zq11 3:47 AM Apr 23rd via web
  • Name Tom Olverson
  • Location Weston, MA
  • Web http://www.rivers...
  • Bio Head of School at The Rivers School, a 6-12 co-ed independent day school in Weston, Massachusetts.
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