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Holiday Greetings: Family Style!

On December 22, 2013   /   boarding schools, family-style meals, holiday meals, junior boarding schools, Junior Boarding Schools Association, Norman Rockwell, NotYourFathersSchool, school lunches  

Lamarck may have had it wrong—critters don’t evolve on demand—but I’m always amazed at the speed with which certain things can become so ingrained in our consciousness as to constitute a kind of species memory. Vast tracts of my brain are devoted to old advertising slogans, songs […]

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A New Conference Experience: The Association of Boarding Schools

On December 8, 2013   /   Bill Ivey, boarding schools, EdCamp, independent schools, Kim Sivick, NotYourFathersSchool, Pete Upham, The Association of Boarding Schools, the Bridge Year, The Hill School, Thomas Steele-Maley, unconference, Zack Lehman  

I wasn’t sure quite what to expect from my first experience at The Association of Boarding Schools annual conference, but, as good events do, #TABS13 (as the hashtag goes) left me with plenty to think about and a sense that some of the things I’ve been yammering […]

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Where Do Teachers Do Their Best Work?

On October 27, 2013   /   Angela Duckworth, boarding schools, Carol Dweck, character education, Diane Ravitch, Michelle Rhee, NotYourFathersSchool, school reform, schools, Socrates, Theodore Roosevelt  

Here’s a challenge: Ask your faculty, “Where, in all your efforts here, do you do your best, most important work?” If your school is truly mission-driven and values-based, and if you provide your students with anything more than a daily sequence of academic instruction, you’re likely to […]

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