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Bringing Boys Education Back into Focus
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I’m not a big television watcher, so thanks to our friends at Blue Ridge School (an all-boys boarding school in St. George, VA) for sharing this story. Earlier in March, NBC Nightly News ran a series titled, America at the Crossroads. After an [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Note on Salisbury School
At Salisbury School (an all-boys boarding school in Salisbury, CT), I met great young men who explained that Salisbury helped them so much in academics, athletics, visual and performing arts. A common thread ran through al of their comments; they all learned how to study, take notes, write papers, and play great sports. Beyond academics [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Notes on Linden Hill School
A junior boarding school for boys, ages 9-16 with learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, and executive functioning challenges, Linden Hill School (Northfield, MA) helps middle school age boys, of average to above average intelligence, with language learning differences, ADD and/or executive function issues to become increasingly successful, and independent in academic, social, and athletic environments. Orton-Gillingham methodology [...]
Read MoreCatching up on Avon Old Farms: A Quick Minute with an Associate Director of Admission
Yesterday I spoke with a group of private school administrators about how admission offices can fold social media into their outreach to build stronger relationships with families. The session (part of a mid-week conference hosted by Finalsite), took place on the campus of Avon Old Farms School- an all-boys boarding schools; grades 9-12, PG in [...]
Read MoreGetting to Know Chamberlain-Hunt Academy
Buz Lowry, Director of Development, Chamberlain-Hunt Academy (an all-boys, Christian, Military boarding school) brought me up-to-speed on the school’s long history, it’s military tradition and it’s focused approach to educating students in a structured military boarding school environment.
Read MoreConsultant Eyes and Ears: Renee Goldberg visits Blue Ridge School
Over at ‘Gabbin with the Goldbergs,’ one of our friends, Renee Goldberg has nice post shedding light on the kinds of programs and student interaction that an educational consultant looks for and thinks about when visiting a school. This installment, ‘Gabbin with the Goldbergs, Schools, Blue Ridge School,’ notes Renee’s observations as she met and [...]
Read MoreSedbergh School Turns 70
We saw the Sedbergh School, one of our Canadian boarding school colleagues, recently celebrated its 70th anniversary. I didn’t know much about Sedbergh, but I like what I read. An upper school with grades 7-12, Sedbergh began as a boys school, becoming coed in 1989. “…T.J. Wood envisioned the school as “a new school, an [...]
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