In 1942, my father was appointed Headmaster of Tabor Academy, a school in Marion, MA, with an enrollment of 42 boys. (The job title “Head of School” was not used
There are three recommendations I’ll make with respect to what independent schools might do to control costs: Follow the advice of legendary management consultant Peter Drucker, whose admonition was: ‘Nonprofits
By Joshua Freedman CEO, Six Seconds and Michael Eatman PCC, Founder, Culture7 Coaching This is the first article in a five-part series that explores planning for DEI programs. Each article
Tim Logan announces the new launch of his popular Future Learning Design weekly podcasts in partnership with Intrepid Ed News. Now his insightful interviews with international educators will be available
Learning by head, heart and hand was the radical thought proposed in the moving writings of swiss reformer J.H. Pestalozzi in the 17th century. At Walnut Hill School for the
America and other countries are finally waking up to the unfairness and thus meaningless nature of standardized testing. The sad part is how predictable it was that it would take
When I was new in my role as Director of Curriculum and Instruction one of my first projects was to organize the districtwide professional development days before the start 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
Setting a clear intention about emotion improves learning. How do we do that as teachers/trainers/facilitators? In the way-back machine, I studied acting and learned that an audience felt an actor’s intention —
This may sound odd, but I love calling for help when my computer decides to go rogue, not following the plan that I so carefully and naively laid out before