June 23, 2022 Having served as the Dean of Admission at Princeton University from 1978 to 1983, I learned enough about the admission policies and practices of a selective institution
June 21, 2022 “We are greater than and greater for, the sum of us.” — Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper
June 14, 2022 It’s afternoon, the end of the school day, and faculty are getting ready for a weekly workshop while students scurry out the building. The session that day
This is how we mitigate futurephobia. We start small, every day, and this will lead to bigger things. We think and act in ways that contribute to the thriving of the bio-collective.
June 1, 2022 Sickened by the mass shooting, disgusted by a lack of political leadership, and fearful for my students and for my own young children, I hammered out a
May 26, 2022 Shiny new things are often the first noticed at a school. As well, trends grab hold of the popular narrative, and schools are forced to create programs
May 17, 2022 Having conducted over 350 Head of School searches during the past three decades, I can say without hesitation that the odds of any given candidate being appointed
May 12, 2022 I ended the previous chapter with a teaser, one that I promised in this installment to explore: Can we really have learner-centered and competency-based education in our
May 6, 2022 In college counseling, May 1 is sacred and represents the culmination of a four-year journey for students who began their freshman year of high school and are
May 5, 2022 Planned obsolescence has been a traditional feature of design (linear systems) in the creation of products and services. We buy products and throw them away to buy