communication

The Gossips

She never!            She did! Well blow me            A right carry-on What a palaver  …

5 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

Those School Brochures: How to stand out from the crowd

If you're in the market for an independent school - or a college for that matter - you will have…

8 years ago

Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars)

Muriel Rukeyser wrote this in 1968. Read it and tell me it doesn't feel like she is writing for this…

8 years ago

Killer Apps and Slideshows

Nobody has actually died from watching a slide show presentation. That whole Death by Powerpoint thing was much exaggerated. What's…

8 years ago

Social Media and the Two-Minute Hate

Near the beginning of George Orwell's 1984  our hero Winston Smith attends a rally at the Ministry of Truth where…

8 years ago

“So you want to be a head of school ….” Communication

I've been asked on occasion to add my two cents on a panel at the NYSAIS conference for assistant heads…

8 years ago

Ten Heads, Ten Years, Ten Lessons and some Clickbait

The official title was Ten Heads, Ten Years, Ten Lessons: INH Class Members of '06 Tell Their Tales INH -…

9 years ago

Learning and Social Media: Option, Opportunity and Obligation

If you're reading this online then you are engaged in social media. You are consuming. I've been thinking about education…

9 years ago

The Night Mail

This is the Night Mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters…

10 years ago

Toot your Trumpet: the NAIS Inspiration Lab

So easy to toot your own horn these days. The harder thing is to cut through the cacophony and have others…

11 years ago

A Message in Cupcakes

So this is the message I found on my desk when I returned from lunch today. The cupcakes were delicious…

12 years ago

Snow Days and Disruption: An open letter to families

Dear PDS Families: A few lines (with minor edits)  from division in-boxes and my twitter feed: Student: I just wanted…

14 years ago

No More Snow Days

School is closed tomorrow - Wednesday - because of the impending storm. In anticipation, middle school director George Swain spoke…

14 years ago