Education
New Head of School Installed at Robert C. Parker School
It was Robert C. Parker Day at Robert C. Parker School in Rensselaer County, NY - just across the Hudson from…
The Failure Toy: Coming Soon
Looks like The Failure Toy is coming soon from the good folks at 21Toys. The Empathy Toy worked and the The…
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…
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…
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…
The Golf Links
The Manumit School was an experimental Christian socialist boarding school in Pawling, NY. and later Bristol, Pennsylvania. Manumit means freedom and…
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…
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…
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…