In usually frosty Siberia, the temperature hit 118° last week. In British Columbia and across the northwest U.S., the “heat dome” broke records by orders of magnitude. If we haven’t
June 29, 2021 Dear Caitlin, I appreciated the brief email exchange after reading your Atlantic article, “Private Schools Are Indefensible.” I know you have received an avalanche of responses and
Once again, the world is leaving schools behind. A recent Microsoft study revealed an astonishing trend across 30 countries: Over 40% of the 30,000 people surveyed said they were thinking
Conversations with school leaders continue to be focused on emerging options for schooling. While many started the year in full-virtual mode, plans continue to be developed to shift to hybrid
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
Every once in a while, a report comes out from a behemoth transnational organization that rings alarm bells, warning us about how the education system is not equipping young minds
This year of learning in a pandemic has seen new devices and other hardware brought to the schoolhouse, new learning platforms and applications provided to support instruction, and, for many
In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, we learned that the acceptance rates at the Ivy League universities were the lowest on record. Specifically, Harvard accepted 3.4%, Columbia
As noted in Part I of this essay, I, like many others, including former independent school educator and parent Caitlin Flanagan, in a cover story of the Atlantic, and Fred
Having recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal about the declining percentage of applicants to highly selective colleges being offered admission, I decided to go public with an