September 30, 2024 A benefit of working in an independent school is the ability to influence the academic curriculum and the co-curriculum. Yet often changes are made without an appreciation
October 1, 2024 President of the OESIS Network, Sanje Ratnavale, begins his contribution to the ongoing debates about the place of DEI at independent schools with two anecdotes. That both
September 12, 2024 The National Association of Independent Schools is spotlighting the idea of “navigating the tension between tradition and innovation” as part of a focus on “creating sustainable schools.”
November 22, 2023, and July 17, 2024 Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos
May 28, 2024 In Jonathan Haidt’s justly acclaimed new book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, he repeats a Polynesian
By Patrick F. Bassett, President, NAIS (retired), and Sanje Ratnavale, President, OESIS Network In some private schools the hunger for redemption regarding historic racism has unleashed a feast for journalists