by QPS | Apr 16, 2018 | Educational Technology, Media, Parenting, School News, Technology in Education and Personalized Learning
No parent social gathering is complete without someone raising the topic of their kids and digital technology, a conversation rife with anxiety-filled confessions of confusion and genuine helplessness. The conversations are also vague, because the wider discussion of...
by QPS | Mar 14, 2018 | Civic Engagement, School News, Social Action
We are optimistic that these kids, this generation, will use words and images to change the world for the better. They have already started. Today is National School Walkout–by kids, for kids, about kids–and there was absolutely no question that any QPS...
by QPS | Mar 7, 2018 | Communication Skills, English Language Arts, Media, Project-based learning, School News
As a way of practicing comprehension, writing, presentation, and other communication skills, one of Queens Paideia School’s collaborative groups did a unit on Fractured Fairy Tales. If you don’t know what those are, you should! Per Marilyn Kinsella, a...
by QPS | Feb 26, 2018 | Admissions, School Events, School News
Saturday March 10, 2018 / 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. To attend, email us here. QPS reaches for the most advanced resources and methods available and implements them to suit your child’s unique learning style and abilities. 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio...
by QPS | Feb 12, 2018 | Interdisciplinary Studies, Problem Solving, School News, Talk Aloud Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
It should be clear by now that at QPS, we don’t just pay lip service to “critical thinking.” We actively teach a defined set of thinking skills that students need in order to be good problem solvers and decision makers. Ultimately, people with a can-solve attitude....
by QPS | Dec 18, 2017 | School News
Dispatch by Francis Mechner about QPS Presentation in France Last spring, Frédérique Alexandre-Bailly, school Rector of the Dijon region of France, visited Queens Paideia. She reports directly to the French Minister of Education and is a formidable figure within the...