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Thinking Retention: Beliefs and Dreams

On November 12, 2013   /   AISAP, Association of Independent School Admission Professionals, families, internal marketing, mission statements, National Association of Independent Schools, NotYourFathersSchool, student retention, students, Tiffany Hendryx  

It’s the time of year when schools are thinking extra hard about next year’s enrollment numbers, which means it can also be the time of year when some families are thinking about making a move. Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak with a faculty about retention […]

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AISAP Webinars Coming Up, ASAP!

On November 5, 2013   /   admission, AISAP, Crane MetaMarketing, NotYourFathersSchool, school sustainability, Tiffany Hendryx, webinar. mission statements  

Readers may think that I’m something of a nut on mission statements and other aspirational declarations made by schools. I think these matter a great deal, and that schools that understand their own missions and use them to power policy and program development. Aligning what a school […]

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Tradition! Remember, remember…

On November 5, 2013   /   Guy Fawkes, NotYourFathersSchool, schools, students, traditions  

At some point when I was off at college, my father had an idea: Since his school was at that point pretty close to half Canadian, perhaps adding some sort of Canada-friendly event to the year would be good. Since many students already (mostly) went home for […]

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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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When “Ship, Then Test” Fails

On October 23, 2013   /   Affordable Healthcare Act, coding, college admission, Common Application, NotYourFathersSchool, Rob Killion, Ship then test, technology  

“It isn’t rocket science” seems to be a timeless trope, suitable for every occasion and at certain moments hilariously funny when the task actually IS rocket science. So far I haven’t heard it rolled out for the Healthcare.gov fiasco* or for the rolling catastrophe nearest and dearest […]

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Back at the Old Stand!

On October 22, 2013   /   NotYourFathersSchool, Uncategorized  

We took a month or so at a new address, embedded in my personal business website, but I’m happy to say that Not Your Father’s School has been liberated to return to its old URL (actually two old URLs, as www.notyourfathersschool.org and http://notyourfathersschool.blogspot.com/ both bring you here) […]

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Back Here Soon—Please Stay Tuned!

On August 1, 2013   /   Education Week, ISED listserv, National Association of Independent Schools, NotYourFathersSchool, schools, Teachers of The Future, Vinnie Vrotny  

Just another quick update. If you’re a follower you see that the hosting for Not Your Father’s School has changed to my personal business website. I don’t plan to use the blog to push my business, other than in the ways that speculation can lead to ideas […]

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Personal Update, Flag Day, and Rushmore

On June 15, 2013   /   independent schools, MOOC, NotYourFathersSchool, prep school movies, Rushmore, Sebastian Thrun, Udacity  
Personal Update, Flag Day, and Rushmore

The months of my blogging at Education Week go on; yesterday I posted my 52nd entry, which has me two-thirds of the way through the current plan. But I miss spending time here. One thing about blogging at someone else’s place is that there is a certain […]

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FY, Pump Up the Volume! A Movie Reflection

On March 21, 2013   /   Allan Moyle, NotYourFathersSchool, Pump Up The Volume!, social media, students, Tumblr  

I’m pretty consumed by my Education Week blogging these days, but I wanted to come back here to reflect on a film my kids, home from college on spring break, had us watch last Friday, our traditional pizza and movie night. It was good to be all together again, with […]

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EXCITING CHANGES IN MY BLOGGING WORLD

On February 14, 2013   /   blogging, Education Week, National Association of Independent Schools, National Network of Schools in Partnership, NotYourFathersSchool  

It’s apparent that the pace of my blogging here has slowed down considerably in 2013. But there’s a reason for this, a reason that has me pretty excited. Starting tomorrow (February 15), I will be blogging at Education Week thrice weekly under the title, Independent Schools, Common Perspectives. […]

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TRADITIONAL LANDS

I here affirm that the offices from which I work are situated on lands that have a very long and continuing history as a locus of residence, livelihood, traditional expression, and exchange by the Massachusett, Wampanoag, Abenaki, Mohawk, Wabanaki, Hohokam, O’odam, Salt River Pima, and Maricopa people. The servers for this website are situated on Ute and Goshute land. We make this acknowledgment to remind ourselves, our educational partners, and our friends of our shared obligation to acknowledge and work toward righting the inequities and injustices that have alienated indigenous peoples from the full occupation and utilization of these spaces.