From the November 2024 Community and Belonging Survey If curiosity kills, I’m on my deathbed as I review the results of our Community and...

Does the disproportion of LGBTQ2S+ community members among the female sample (3:1 over males) help to explain disparity in...

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 4th Click here to register your school Dear Friends, In November 2022, we administered a Community and...

As I write this, I'm supposed to be playing pickleball, but I skipped out today, uncertain of my rightful place. Last time out, I was...

Is it a duty to scratch our way through seemingly impenetrable walls in search of true understanding? Today’s entry is about our system...

This is the fourth in a series of short pieces stemming from our November 2022 Community and Belonging Survey of Students, involving 96...

It’s fair to say that we’re all well aware of the negative associations with too much time spent on social media. We can talk to...

So much to say… so little time. There’s a dissertation’s worth of data on this topic coming out of our Community and Belonging Survey…...

A hammer is good for hammering nails. It doesn’t contribute much to changing a bicycle tire. I’ve just re-read ‘The Conversation’ between...

“Well, punk…” “the best of times…” “… on the beaches…” “Toto, I’ve got a feeling…” “Ask not…” “Parting is…” “I’ll be right here” “Just...

Perhaps at the age of eight, our youngest called up a friend from her Montessori program, introduced herself, and asked, “How are you?”...

For as long as I’ve been conducting surveys for independent schools (25 years), we’ve been asking parents to rate a school’s success in...

With each new school I work with, someone asks me how I fell into conducting surveys for independent schools. My answer is the challenge...

In March, I was asked by two Heads of School (one Canadian and one American) to work with their senior teams in the development of short...

DEAR EDITOR: I have the intellectual capacity of an 8 year old. Some of my little Facebook friends say there is no Coronavirus. Papa...

Our world is littered with success stories of people who refused to know their places. Athletes, artists, scientists, business leaders,...

Reg is a fellow with whom I spar regularly on Facebook. It’s been suggested by observers that Reg and I should have our own TV show...

Every once in a while, at a family gathering, one of my siblings reminds me of an old story. My late father was obsessive on safety....

… or let’s forget about it. Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas aside, I’m two parts through Yuval Noah Harari’s trilogy, awaiting my wife’s...

Our youngest shared a friend’s Facebook post with us yesterday. It stands well enough on its own without any commentary from me… other...

There is no shortage of research detailing the perils of inadequate sleep. You don’t need me to add to that reading list. You also don’t...

“Compared to what?” are among the most frequent words I hear when presenting results to my surveys, and rightly so. In so many aspects of...

I’ve just finished reading “Knife Fights” (2014) by Lt. Col. John A. Nagl (retired). I’ll explain why I read this book, well outside my...

The origins of do-it-yourself are the in origins of our species. No yellow pages, no fast food drive-thru, no accountants or doctors or...