January 19, 2021 Regardless of your political persuasion, the color of your skin, your age, or where you happen to be living, life is appreciably different at the start of
What is truth? What is real and what isn’t? Are we “entitled,” under the guise of free speech, to embrace whatever crackpot theories and conspiracies are peddled in social and
By Patrick F. Bassett, President (retired), NAIS, and Sanje Ratnavale, President, OESIS Network, Inc. The inevitable conflict between exclusivity and equity came to the fore in a recent movement of
By Sue Sadler, Head of School, The Bryn Mawr School (MD) My students are quite fond of a game called “Never did I ever.” Well, never did I ever think that
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%,
Survey of 129 Schools We took the temperature on admissions processes for next year at the end of April 2020, with 129 schools participating and 58% of respondents being admissions
By John Drew, Head of School, The White Mountain School (NH) I am indebted to the White Mountain School faculty who did a remarkable job of caring for students while
October 19, 2020 Last October (2019) I gave a speech at the OESIS Conference in Boston entitled “Working through the Mess: School Change for Sustainability and Salvation.” Admittedly I worried that
By Lindley Schutz, Dean of Academic Program, The Derryfield School (NH) While the rapidity and extremity of COVID have been a shock to our system, when I look back on
By Nanci Kauffman, Head of School, Castilleja School (CA) When parents choose to pursue an independent school education for their children, there are typically several factors driving their decision. By considering