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September Round-Up
We've been lucky with the weather in NYC this September. Many bright, warm days The aftermath of the powerful hurricane…
The Silence of the Associations
It has been nearly four months since the publication of the Independent Review of gender identity services for children and…
Time to Make it Happen
I did not attend the NAIS Annual Conference this year - first time for many years - so I don't…
Two Cheers for Diversity and the Unfinished Work of America: Stronger Together
The NAIS Annual People Of Color Conference opens this week in Atlanta. It will draw independent educators from across the country. They…
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 -…
Bryan Stevenson at NAIS: Beat the Drum for Justice
Human apathy is the greatest calamity of all. I have heard many extraordinary presentations and speeches at NAIS Annual Conferences…
The Future of Education
Panel on the Future of Education from the NAIS Annual Conference, Boston 2015. With college presidents Rebecca Chopp, Nan Keohane,…
The Essential Capacities
I'm not sure when PDS became a member of NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) but it was a long…
Leadership in a VUCA World That’s Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous
John Maeda is the keynote speaker at #naisac this week and I'm looking forward to hearing him. He just shared…
Ride the Tiger: Design the Revolution
I'm looking forward to the NAIS Annual Conference- #naisac15 - this year - assuming of course that Boston can dig…
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…
The Future of Schools: The Third Revolution and The Great Disruption
"The Great Disruption: Technology and the Future of Schools" The latest issue of Independent School magazine is out and it's…
Darkness and Light
What 60 schools can tell us about teaching 21st century skills. Here's the TEDx Denver version of the talk Grant Lichtman gave at…
“We are not teaching our children … what they need to know.”
The world is moving at a tremendous rate; no one knows where. We must prepare our children not for the…
Occupy Education: The Revolution Starts Now
As always, lots of good stuff in the latest edition of Independent School, the quarterly magazine from NAIS. And those…