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Emily Jones, Head of School, The Putney School (VT) is featured as the cover story profile in OESIS Network Magazine, December 2021. The door closed. All attendees including senior administrators had to leave
Steve Loy, Head of School, Rutger’s Prep School (NJ) is featured as the cover story profile in OESIS Network Magazine, November 2021. It was a shocking offer. Steve Loy was
Ozymandias There is a fast-developing problem for independent schools. It is more systemic than alleged racism and more disruptive than pandemic-induced protocols. Independent schools are becoming ungovernable. A 1970’s Management
The Extrinsic In Part 1 of this series, we focused on how the 50-year NAIS governance experiment around mission failed to build constituency alignment. The resulting landscape is one of
Not all stories are timeless. In fact, only a very few are, and yet there is a self-reinforcing practice at schools to keep repeating the stories of their founders and
By Patrick F. Bassett, President, NAIS (retired), and Sanje Ratnavale, President, OESIS Network In some private schools the hunger for redemption regarding historic racism has unleashed a feast for journalists
And there I was at the Pearly Gates. I could see St. Peter on his laptop checking in the latest admits in the cloud. A sign above him looked like
What do parents and students do when they want to find out about a school’s quality? What do teachers do? Exactly what they would do when they book a trip
A Webinar on the Issues Regarding Budgeting for DEI and SEL. 1. A Framing of the Broader Issues 2. An examination of Survey Data 3. Frameworks for 3-5 Year Budgets
Ask a recent graduate of a school what they are good at when they leave, and how they know? They will likely respond that they were good at this subject