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
It happened to me in 2002, that moment when I knew my role as a teacher had to start moving away from a content expert to a connector. It was,
Being called “educated” is an interesting label, isn’t it? It’s so absolute, with nary a whiff of nuance. Dive into the definition and you find the word struggles to go
This post was written during the height of the pandemic. The lessons still apply today. In Learner-Centered Leadership I wrote: “Even more bewildering is the way that we allocate time to these
Let’s get right to the point: Everything you do in your school tells a story. Every curricular decision, every hire, every budget line item, every communication, every policy — every