Education

The future happens very slowly and then all at once

My title line is from Kevin Kelly whose new book The Inevitable is about the deep trends in the next 20 years…

8 years ago

The Headship: History Matters

Ok - so you wanted to be a head of school and you applied for a job and then you…

8 years ago

Teaching the Election: Clinton v. Trump: What are the Plans at Your School?

As we head into Back-To-School season, what are your school's plans for teaching the 2016 presidential election? Seems to me…

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

The Compass Point – Time to Re-Wire, Time to Re-Name

Those ever-attentive to such details may have noticed that this blog has a new title. Sort of. I started this…

8 years ago

Goodbye to all that

The first day of my new life as an idle good-for-nothing superannuated coffin-dodger (my brother's description of retirees) coincides with…

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 -…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: We Stand On The Brink

The summer 2013 issue of Independent School magazine was about technology and schools and posed the  question The Great Disruption?…

8 years ago

Does Dance matter? Forward thinking and inspirational? Or misguided and simplistic?

Found this comic rendering of Ken Robinson's ode to dance on the Internets. The words are from his 2006 TED talk…

8 years ago