"Buxton School"
Respecting Labor, Better Citizens, and Challenging Assumptions About Intelligence: What Boarding Schools Can Do
“Liberal arts” and “well-rounded” are the default terms of most boarding boarding schools- the bases for their educational structures and curricula. After all, parents are paying to position the kids for college preparation and admittance. But boarding schools prove quite limited and narrow shaped by the biases of academia and college admission. How about adding [...]
Read MoreProgressive Education at Buxton School: A Q&A with Franny Shuker-Haines, Associate Director
Franny Shuker-Haines, Associate Director at Buxton School (Williamstown, MA), was kind enough to chat with us about Buxton and how the school carries John Dewey’s framework of progressive education into the 21st century. Buxton students are an engaged, active group. Through academics, work and community Buxton students practice their responsibilities to each other and [...]
Read MoreA Consultant Visits Two Western MA Boarding Schools
I had the pleasure of participating on a tour of two Western MA boarding schools & an ‘early college’ program (more on that below). As I did with my Ojai Valley boarding school trip, I typed up my visit notes to provide you with my impressions of each school. I hope you find them helpful. [...]
Read MoreBuxton School Takes Students into Urban Settings
Focused, tight community is a great quality of boarding school life that draws students from all over the world. Sometimes, though, boarding school students need something to broaden their perspective–a reminder that their efforts inside the confines of a boarding school prime them for work and future contributions to society.
Buxton School is the first [...]
