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Don’t Become the Difficult Parent
The college placement office is one of the quiet, but most important support pieces of a boarding school education. Boarding school college placement offices, and the students they support, benefit from a bounty of resources and experiences. A boarding school college placement office works full-time; works with a very healthy (read low) officer to student [...]
Read MoreSingle Gender Schools Don’t Work?
Wow, we’re suffering from whiplash and waiting for the fireworks. On Friday we wrote (Understanding Boys’ Friendships) about Niobe Way’s Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection. Today, we write about the non-profit group American Council for CoEducational Schooling. They may be non-profit but, boy, do they seem to have an ax to [...]
Read MoreUnderstanding Boys’ Friendships
Niobe Way’s Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection has been out a few months and, I admit, I let it slip down the priorities list. Really, it got buried. Thanks to New York Times writer Jan Hoffman for prompting me- through yesterday’s article, “Allowing Teenage Boys to Love Their Friends“- to pull [...]
Read MoreWhat Will You Do With Your Child’s Moment in Time?
I recently took at peak in the door of the Hall of Life in our (The Webb Schools’) Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology. Its renovation is nearing its end but I just couldn’t resist a look. Without divulging the details of what will certainly be a glorious new exhibit hall, I will say that I [...]
Read MoreHow could you not root for Ed Cooley to succeed as head coach at Providence College?
A follow-up on our March post covering Ed Cooley’s (New Hampton School ’89) appointment as Providence College basketball coach. This past week, Cooley took ESPN’s Andy Katz on a tour of southside Providence where he grew up. Cooley observed in his introductory press conference, “home means everything to me.”(ESPN) Cooley takes Katz, and viewers, through [...]
Read MorePerspective on Admission Decisions: Andover’s “The Dean’s Journal”
From the “who feeds me under rock department?” this morning- I just learned about a March piece by Phillips Academy Admission Dean Jane Foley Fried, “Preparing for the Envelope.” Fried provides perspective on acceptance and rejection- specifically to Andover but certainly relevant to other pursuits. I recommend Fried’s piece because much of her thinking is [...]
Read MoreTeenage Sleep Studies Back in the News
We’ve covered tweaking school schedules to help teens with wakefulness and focus. And, though the science continues growing around teen sleep cycles and needs, not many schools have responded with changes that would allow more sleep, later start times, etc. Parents and students are left to find sleep solutions on their own. NPR’s Michelle Trudeau, [...]
Read MoreSending Your Freshman to College: Parenting Advice from Malcolm Gauld
Editor’s note: Reading excerpts from Malcolm Gauld’s (Hyde Schools, president) new book “COLLEGE SUCCESS GUARANTEED: Five Rules to Make it Happen,” we became curious about the book’s context and why it seems to make so much sense right now. We got in touch with Mr. Gauld and he was kind enough share this exchange with [...]
Read MoreAmy Chua on Reshaping American Education: Worth The Read Today
I weighed-in lightly on the Amy Chua-Tiger Mom issue a few months back. Much of the noise around Chua’s book struck me as too calculated- too obviously marketing of her book. But Chua, despite her, seemingly, constructed authorial persona, has given voice to questions and issues around parenting, child rearing, and education in America. If [...]
Read MoreConsidering a Junior Boarding School for Your Child?
Yesterday, a mom called the office asking about junior boarding schools in the south- a quick straightforward question that quickly grew from the practical to philosophical. The family was new to the notion of boarding school and, within that, working to come to terms with an eighth grade daughter who might be best served in [...]
Read MoreThe Boarding School Decision: Some Thoughts From a Reluctant Mother
This timely post comes from our friends at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School. We share an open letter from EA Raines-Whorton (SA-S mother) written to fellow parents as they grapple with their school boarding decision and, perhaps, more fundamentally, the whole notion of boarding school. In her “A Message for Reluctant Boarding Parents,” Raines-Whorton gives voice to [...]
Read MoreFood Dyes linked to Kids’ Behavior? Diet and Adolescent Behavior Make the News Again
About two weeks ago, we wrote post about ADHD-Diet linkage, this week the possible affects of food dyes and children’s behavior makes the news- the big news being that: “The Food and Drug Administration is meeting Wednesday and Thursday to examine whether artificial food dyes cause hyperactivity in children. Artificial food dyes are made from [...]
Read MoreA Perceived Athletic Performance Advantage?
I can hear the groans. “Why are we talking about Spanx?” Hear me out on this one; it’s about student athletes. What we’ll do for a perceived athletic performance advantage and fashion…almost anything. Remember Breathe Right Nasal Strips- the snoring remedy that became the de rigueur athletic accessory for a while back in the 1990′s.The [...]
Read MoreBringing 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 MoreAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Suggests Role For Doctors in Assisting Parents with Children’s Online Use
In a clinical report published yesterday in “Pediatrics,” the American Academy of Pediatrics stakes out a role for pediatricians as social networking and time online have become regular parts of their patients lives. The authors are in no way, shape, or, form shrill, or, doomsday crying about use of the worldwide web by children. Rather, [...]
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