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
A previous blog post explored the enrollment increases we have been observing in online schools and courses. Increases in students attending online schools are often in the range of 40%,
In 2014 it finally registered that I needed to change the way I approached teaching my students. Until then, my middle school Humanities classes had always conducted several research projects,
November 14, 2024 Productive struggle plays a critical role in fostering student growth and development. Allowing students to face challenges leads to increased self-confidence, independence, and cognitive growth. As a
November 4, 2024 Most mergers fail. This was one of the key points that my corporate law professor at Oxford University made in my favorite course, Mergers & Acquisitions. Why?
October 30, 2024 Last month, I shared an interview I did with Michelle Icard on her new book, Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success. It occurred to
October 28, 2024 “For all of us, becoming indigenous to a place means living as if your children’s future mattered, to take care of the land as if our lives,
October 22, 2024 This is the third in a series of posts about AI strategies in teaching and learning. One of the most significant developments in educational technology has been
June 18, 2024; August 22, 2024; and October 21, 2024 In his 2004 book, Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own, AI expert, psychologist and educator Roger Schanck described
October 7, 2024 Social media affects our life sometimes for the better and other times not so, but the pay it forward concept has flooded the socials with many examples
September 30, 2024 A benefit of working in an independent school is the ability to influence the academic curriculum and the co-curriculum. Yet often changes are made without an appreciation
October 1, 2024 President of the OESIS Network, Sanje Ratnavale, begins his contribution to the ongoing debates about the place of DEI at independent schools with two anecdotes. That both
September 25, 2023, and September 26, 2024 A backlash to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was inevitable, much like the backlash to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s.