"progressive boarding schools"
Photos from My Visit to The Athenian School
Wrapping up my recap of a recent tour of Bay Area boarding schools (see A Visit to San Domenico School), below are a set of photos from my visit to The Athenian School in Danville, CA. A progressive boarding school, Athenian offers grades 6-12 with a boarding program in their upper school. I encourage you [...]
Read MoreRespecting 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 MoreTraditional Schools Turn to the Lessons and Strategies of Progressive Schools to Lower Costs
Get involved. Help the school operate. Work. Provide a service. These are a few of the strategies highlighted in Gretchen Becker’s Indianapolis Star article, “Private schools get creative on payments: Schools find ways to keep kids enrolled despite recession.“ Parents are committed to making private school work for their kids: “…one pattern is emerging: Even [...]
Read MoreOlney Friends School Helps Reclaim Forest
Learned about this one via AQ’s Twitter. Working to re-forest coal mining lands in the surrounding area, Olney Friends School faculty and students- working together with BARK (Barnesville Area Reforestation Kommittee)- have participated in the planting of more than 30,000 trees over the past six years. Learn more about their commitment on the school’s blog, [...]
Read MoreOlney Friends School Placed on National Register of Historic Places
Peter drew attention to this on AQ’s twitter account the other day and I thought I’d follow up with a mention here. The National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior approved listing the Olney Friends School campus on the National Register. The buildings date from the late 19th century and feature local materials. [...]
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 to [...]
Read MoreMidland School and Progressive Education: A Q&A with Derek Svennungsen, Director of Admissions
Midland School‘s Director of Admission, Derek Svennungsen, spoke with AdmissionsQuest boarding school blog about the school and progressive education. Midland, located in Los Olivos, CA, is an all-boarding, co-educational college preparatory school. If you’re not familiar with the school, here’s a brief description from their site: “As other schools get larger and build more buildings [...]
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