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May 28, 2025

																																				 What’s Missing from School Responses to our Black Students and Alums?  | 4 Min Read

What’s Missing from School Responses to our Black Students and Alums? | 4 Min Read

  • Sanje Ratnavale

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


																																				 K-12 Student Enrollment: What’s Happening? | John Watson  | 1 Min Read

K-12 Student Enrollment: What’s Happening? | John Watson | 1 Min Read

  • John Watson

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%,


																																				 The Evolution of an Innovative Middle School Teacher: From PBL to Competencies and Pathways  | 5 Min Read

The Evolution of an Innovative Middle School Teacher: From PBL to Competencies and Pathways | 5 Min Read

  • Tara Quigley

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,


																																				 BIM

What is BIM? | Harbord & Khan | 4 Min Read

  • Harbord and Khan

April 30, 2025 We know that making connections between teaching and learning experiences and real world issues provides new opportunities and new stories for students, but lets not forget what


																																				 Stay Calm. This is not Just a Trade War | Sanje Ratnavale  | 8 Min Read

Stay Calm. This is not Just a Trade War | Sanje Ratnavale | 8 Min Read

  • Sanje Ratnavale

Sanje Ratnavale explains that this is akin to a currency reset not a trade war.


																																				 NPAIS

OESIS Becoming A New Association | NPAIS | 9 Min Read

  • Sanje Ratnavale

January 1, 2025 The next few years for education herald changes in every area, from accreditation to curriculum transparency, school choice, DEI, college funding, and technology impact. In anticipation of


																																				 12 Questions to Ask Before Your DEI-Anti-Racism Strategy Blows Up | Pat Bassett and Sanje Ratnavale  | 13 Min Read

12 Questions to Ask Before Your DEI-Anti-Racism Strategy Blows Up | Pat Bassett and Sanje Ratnavale | 13 Min Read

  • Sanje Ratnavale

July 1, 2021 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


																																				 Should the People of Color Conference be for People of Color? | Sanje Ratnavale  | 9 Min Read

Should the People of Color Conference be for People of Color? | Sanje Ratnavale | 9 Min Read

  • Sanje Ratnavale

September 19, 2023 It was 2004 when a teacher of color was sent by the girls’ school at which he taught to Hawaii for the People of Color Conference (POCC).


																																				 DEI

DEI Legality Webinar with Arnold & Porter Law Partners | Sanje Ratnavale | 2 Min Read

  • Sanje Ratnavale

February 12, 2025 The following webinar, attended by nearly 100 independent school leaders on February 11, explores the implications of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders and approach towards discrimination and


																																				 polarization

Beyond Polarization: Fostering Dialogue on DEI in the Age of Trump | Kent Lenci | 4 Min Read

  • Kent Lenci

March 6, 2025 Several weeks ago, when President Trump suggested DEI initiatives may have led to a plane crash, I was disoriented. The claim was nonsensical, difficult to parse, as


																																				 Joyce Cooper-Kahn

Growing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today: A Conversation with Joyce Cooper-Kahn | Elaine Griffin | 9 Min Read

  • Elaine Griffin

March 4, 2025 Introduction: Why Executive Functioning Matters When I interviewed Joyce Cooper-Kahn about the new edition of her book, “Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents’ Guide to Helping Children


																																				 sustainability

Regeneration is a verb, not a label | Benjamin Freud, Ph.D. | 11 Min Read

  • Benjamin Freud, Ph.D.

February 19, 2025 Many of us think of sustainability as finding equilibrium. Let’s be carbon neutral. If we take stuff, we need to make sure to replenish materials. Let’s leave


																																				 habits

Too Small to Fail: How Tiny Habits Lead to Dramatic Changes | Elaine Griffin | 7 Min Read

  • Elaine Griffin

January 28, 2025 At the launch of a new year, many of us examine our lives and make lofty goals for the year ahead. However, in his book, Atomic Habits,

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