Education

Blackberry and Apple Crumble

If we had some bacon we could have bacon and eggs but we've got no eggs. That First World War…

7 years ago

Life in School: A New Year

New teacher orientation; playground supervision; transfixed with horror; a hard time unplugging; curriculum mapping. More Life in School Cartoons Life…

7 years ago

The Reason Why: Digging into Cause and Effect

When it comes to school improvement - or the fine art of problem finding and solution seeking - it's always…

7 years ago

The Golf Links

The Manumit School was an experimental Christian socialist boarding school in Pawling, NY. and later Bristol, Pennsylvania. Manumit means freedom and…

7 years ago

A Guide to the Agony and Opportunity of School Right-sizing

Those of us who were heads of school in 2008-9 probably remember all too well the pain of school downsizing…

7 years ago

Dare to be Different: Teach C17th Skills not C21st Fads

It's becoming harder and harder for independent schools to stand out from the crowd. Unless a school is truly a…

7 years ago

Where’s Your School On This Spectrum? Where Do You Want It To Be?

If you're thinking about branding and how to market your school (and who isn't these days?) then it's good to…

7 years ago

More Life in School

No one was surprised. The kindergarten discovered. Quite electrifying. The end of the year party.

7 years ago

Life in School 1-6

The English Department was in uproar. The head of school found it helpful. The faculty was concerned. An experiment in…

7 years ago