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Posted on February 25, 2014 In News

This weekend public schools in Asheville had Saturday classes. I laughed softly to myself as I heard friends complain – the outrage, the suffering, the […]

Posted on February 18, 2014 In News

Amos Kearns died this week. He was rich in strength where I am poor. Amos was a contemporary of my father. They met in college–both […]

Posted on February 11, 2014 In News

John Olerud was a great major league baseball hitter. He has lifetime averages of:   AVG         .295 OBP         .398 SLG         .465 OBS         .863  In baseball, […]

Posted on January 27, 2014 In Boarding School Blitz, For Schools, Observations

During 2013 I visited more than 120 boarding schools from Florida to Victoria British Columbia, from Los Angeles to Maine, and from Toronto to San […]

Posted on January 23, 2014 In For Schools, Observations

Sir Percy Lake was Shawnigan Lake School’s first chairman of the Board of Governors from 1928-1941. His stamp on the school includes one of the […]

Posted on November 26, 2013 In For Schools, Observations

This week the newspaper described two varieties of economic forward guidance: Delphic and Odyssean. Delphic is named after the ambiguous Greek oracle, Delphi. Intentions are […]

Posted on November 15, 2013 In For Schools, Observations

I have visited over 100 boarding schools in the last 10 months. It has been a pleasure to learn more about these schools – how they […]

Posted on November 15, 2013 In News

ERB’s 86th Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, was astounding! The energy was palpable, beginning with the Academic Leadership Summit: Best Practice Showcase which was […]

Posted on October 17, 2013 In Boarding School Blitz, For Schools

Weeks two and three of my Boarding School Blitz proved to be just as exciting as week one, with new adventures all along the way. […]

Posted on September 27, 2013 In For Non-Profits, For Schools, For Sponsors, News

Our good friends at Max-R are launching a campaign to help fight breast cancer next month. They make very innovative products from recycled plastic milk jugs, […]