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Are You a Helicopter Parent?

I chuckled at the story my friend Alison (not her real name) told me about the parent of an international student. Alison works at a well-known boarding school. She recently met the new international students arriving at her school and oversaw their orientation. Most of them and their parents ...

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About.co... Schools — September 14 09

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Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Within a week we have had two unsettling and embarrassing examples of unsportsmanlike conduct. Congressman Joe Wilson interrupted a Presidential address to a joint session of Congress with the now infamous "You lie!" outburst. And yesterday Serena Williams sullied the genteel game of te...

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About.co... Schools — September 13 09

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Cautious Optimism for Fall 2009

All of us involved with private schools have been waiting anxiously to see how the actual enrollment numbers would pan out for fall 2009. I am so grateful to Peter Baron at AdmissionsQuest for tweeting this encouraging news article. Private schools surviving the recession reports what's been goin...

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About.co... Schools — September 11 09

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Pipe Organs in Private Schools

I am not sure what made me take the trip down memory lane. It might have had something to do with a page on arts schools that I have been working on. In any case there I was remembering all the pipe organs I had played in private schools when I was active as a church musician and organist from 19...

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About.co... Schools — September 10 09

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'Crazy Ideas' Started Private Schools

Teacher turns 'crazy idea' into new school in CNN resonated with me. It really goes to the heart of what private education is all about. Private education is intrinsically about 'crazy ideas'. I prefer to think of these not as crazy ideas, but as the dreams of passionate teachers and parents who ...

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About.co... Schools — September 09 09

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Parents Hooked on Sports

I suspect that I am wading into some deep water here by opening this discussion. But I encounter this issue in my own work as an educational consultant. That's the matter of the parent who is determined that his son is going to be the next Wayne Gretsky, Tiger Woods or Rafael Nadal. This kind of ...

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About.co... Schools — September 05 09