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South Kent School: Home For Deejay Brown
Good boarding schools excel at becoming home for students no matter the reason.
ESPN’s E:60 aired a story (E:60 Scared) about South Kent School student and basketball player Deejay Brown. The story hits on so much of what is good and right about boarding schools- structure, support, family.
As Deejay grows, works, and plays his way through [...]
An Admission Director’s Perspective on Athletics
I spent 20 years of my 32+ yrs. in education coaching 12-18 yr old students in cross country and track and field. I still believe it was the happiest time of my life as there is nothing more satisfying than to see youngsters challenge themselves in sport and learn the enormous lessons that can be [...]
Read MoreMore Time to Research and Write While Teaching in a Boarding School- Really?
I just read Kevin Brown’s piece An Alternative Path to Teaching at Inside Higher Ed. Brown makes a short argument that recent Ph.D.’s might consider boarding school as teaching option given the dismal state of the college/university job market. While he’s right on some topics, he misses the mark on some.
He’s correct that boarding school [...]
