By Jennifer Smith I’ve been thinking a lot about gardens as a community. Community gardens often conjure images of allotments or edible garden plots. Several institutions around the country transform vacant lots into safe green spaces. A clean and green program in Philadelphia is a good example of taking wasted, blighted vacant lots, often abused... Continue Reading →
By Cincinnati Country Day Head of School Rob Zimmerman ‘98 This year represents a major milestone for Cincinnati Country Day School: one hundred years ago this fall, CCDS opened its doors to its first students. As we reflect on a century of excellence, with countless fond memories and thousands of alumni lives transformed, it is... Continue Reading →
By Ben Lathrop, Hyde Park Library April 19 to 25 is National Library Week, an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. Monday, April 20, is Right to Read Day, where we pause to highlight the need to protect, defend and celebrate the... Continue Reading →
By Jennifer Smith Plant diversity in the landscape means different things to different people, or perhaps I should say, to different gardeners. The Piet Oudolf Garden in Detroit has more than 100 different species of plants. The pollinator garden I designed and manage on behalf of Wimberg Landscaping at Wasson and Paxton has at least... Continue Reading →
By Lisa Desatnik, CPDT-KA, FFCP, FDM, CPBC When I say the word ‘bootleg’ to you, your thoughts are more than likely go to hard-core alcohol or moonshine. The definition includes all things produced, reproduced, or distributed illegally without authorization or licensing. In learning theory and pet training, we also talk about some reinforcement as bootleg.... Continue Reading →
By Lisa Desatnik, CPDT-KA, FFCP, FDM, CPBC Going to, staying and relaxing on a ‘place’ are valuable behaviors to invest time into teaching your dog. This lesson was one of my early ones I taught my own dog, Dawson, when he was a puppy. I have taught many more dogs and puppies since then. What... Continue Reading →
By Jennifer Smith Gardeners are constantly tweaking their must-have plant lists. Some plants fall out of favor and off the list because they are too difficult to maintain, turn out to be thugs or divas, or fail to live up to their hype. As curious gardeners we are learning about new ways to garden, be... Continue Reading →
By Cincinnati Country Day Head of School Rob Zimmerman ‘98 “What are you doing about AI?” If this isn’t the question I get asked the most, it has to be close. And with good reason – artificial intelligence is one of the singular challenges to modern education. I am convinced that it will permanently alter... Continue Reading →
By Cincinnati Country Day Head of School Rob Zimmerman ‘98 For the past two years, there has been no shortage of discussion about the so-called “boy crisis.” So much, in fact, that I’ve largely avoided writing about it. But over the past few months, I’ve had several conversations that revealed to me that while perhaps... Continue Reading →
By Julie Isphording Life is filled with uncertainty. We rarely get guarantees, clear paths, or perfect timing. Most of the time, we stand at the starting line of something new without knowing how it will end. And yet, we still have to decide how we’re going to show up. When I stood on the starting... Continue Reading →
