Heather Clayton Staker is the co-author of the Amazon bestseller Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools, as well as The Blended Workbook and the popular report How to Create
June 11, 2021 It’s the end of the school year — our COVID year — and I don’t want the year to end anymore. Yes, that’s what I said. This
We justify our need for a set curriculum by invoking our responsibility to prepare students for the future, expose them to ideas that will make them respectable well-rounded citizens, and
According to Greek mythology, Sisyphus was forced to ceaselessly roll a big stone up a hill. If we, English teachers, get feedback wrong, grading student essays can feel like a
In 2011, the school I have the privilege of leading was proud to announce it was to become the first BYOD school in New Zealand. I was approached by the
June 10, 2021 In the last decade, rates of anxiety-related disorders in teenagers have steadily risen, particularly in girls. Researchers and psychologists posit several hypotheses about why these rates are on the rise — from digital
One of the reasons I have spent 35 years serving independent schools is the joy I receive from meeting trustees who devote their time, treasure, and talent to the schools
It was March 9, a cold and overcast day in the northeast, when the Bari Weiss article, The Miseducation of America’s Elites, appeared on the Internet. Two days later, on
The past 15 months may have created an inflection point for digital learning for two related reasons. The first reason is the huge growth in awareness of online and hybrid
Relationships are at the heart of leadership and learning. The ways in which we interact with one another are foundational to any learning experience. Listening to learners, demonstrating compassion, being