April 16, 2024 Background: The story of schools is the story of evolving control and growth patterns in learning institutions. The currently dominant model of education [siloed, top down, student
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March 19, 2024 For fifteen years I’ve attended Board meetings at several different schools with different meeting formats. Board members are usually volunteering time, usually during their business hours. And
March 1, 2024 Getting the T into Team: why our old habits often don’t help Background While many schools’ leaders talk about the value of collaboration and taking risks in
August 15, 2023 Here is Alice, lost in Wonderland and seeking direction from the Cheshire Cat: “Would you tell me, please, which way to go from here?” “That depends a
In this episode, I speak with Paula DiPerna. Paula is a strategic advisor and consultant, who draws upon a diverse leadership background, having served as the president of the Chicago
May 11, 2023 How can we build skills to become more emotionally intelligent school leaders? This article is the second in a series, investigating the ways in which emotions serve
April 28, 2023 As an experienced independent school technology leader and strategist, and the current board chair of the Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (ATLIS), I have observed
March 28, 2023 This is the story of what began on a summer morning, July 18th, 2026. A full-page ad appeared in The New York Times presenting a bold challenge
March 9, 2023 At the recent OESIS conference in Las Vegas, one of the speakers, when discussing ChatGPT, expressed the opinion that “we will see a very different response in
January 9, 2023 During 31 years in the independent school world (35 if you add the student experience), visiting over 100 schools was one of my favorite activities. I always