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June 8, 2025

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Genius Not Required | Christine Orkisz Lang | 2 Min Read

  • Christine (Orkisz) Lang

August 31, 2022 My oldest sister is a retired teacher who specialized in gifted education, science, and art. As you might imagine, Leonardo da Vinci’s expertise and work inspired many


																																				 student experience

Let’s Focus on the Student Experience (SX) When Improving Our Schools | Mark Engstrom | 4 Min Read

  • Intrepid Contributor

August 31, 2022 “The art of communication is the language of leadership” James Humes In 1993, Don Norman was working at Apple and decided to streamline language for his team.


																																				 emotion

Next NAIS President Candidates Series, Part 4: Emotional Crises and Leading From the Heart | Joshua Freedman | 9 Min Read

  • Joshua Freedman

Note from the editor: Most of our readers know that NAIS is searching for a new President. We would like the search to be a more open process, therefore subject


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On the Secrets of Estonia’s Education Success: A Conversation with Mart Laidmets | Tim Logan

  • Tim Logan

Mart Laidmets is the General Director of Education and Youth Board of the Republic of Estonia. Previously, from January 2019 until August 2021, he held the position of the Secretary General


																																				 relationality

The Decomposition of school and regeneration of learning: A conversation with Maggie Favretti | Benjamin Freud, Ph.D.

  • Benjamin Freud, Ph.D.

August 26, 2022 In this episode, I speak with Maggie Favretti. Maggie Favretti has spent over 35 years happily helping her students to ask, “why not now?” Maggie has won scholarship and


																																				 education

36 Lessons From My 36 Years in Education | Jon Bergmann | 2 Min Read

  • Jon Bergmann

August 26, 2022 I start my 36th year in education (28 as a classroom teacher) and below are the lessons I have learned hanging out with teenagers for so many


																																				 new narrative

Meaning in Times of Crisis: New Narratives 3 | Benjamin Freud, Ph.D. | 14 Min Read

  • Benjamin Freud, Ph.D.

August 25, 2022 Sometimes you just need a good ol’ crisis to shake things up, to get things moving. It’s like the story of the frog you put in tepid


																																				 DEI

Una Voz de Abajo: A DEI Case Study, Part I, A Brilliant and Poor Dreamer | Norman Kim-Senior | 5 Min Read

  • Norman Kim-Senior

August 25, 2022 We thank Norman Kim-Senior for making himself vulnerable in the service of better understanding equity and belonging in the independent school world through his life experiences. This


																																				 time management

Calling all learners: Start the year with better time and task management | Sharon Saline, Psy.D. | 6 Min Read

  • Sharon Saline, Psy.D.

August 24, 2022 As the prospect of starting school looms in the distance, now is the perfect time to teach and practice some tools related to time management and task


																																				 leaders

School Leaders: How to Keep Your Unicorn Engaged | Niki Conraths | 3 Min Read

  • Nicola Conraths

August 23, 2022 Organizations love to secure one or two unicorns in their midst. Schools are no different. Unicorns are the teachers or staff members that are described as “visionary”

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