“The Council on Standards for International Educational Travel Advisory board has announced the launch of a set of model standards to guide F-1 secondary student recruitment efforts, which centre on the areas of stewardship, transparency, engagement and partnership…” See the full article in The PIE …
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by Loomis Chaffee Head of School, Sheila Culbert, PhD., and originally appearing on the Loomis Chaffee Head’s Blog: —————————— Why Boarding School? February 7, 2019 A few weeks ago, along with several other heads of school, I participated in a webcast focused on …
Peter Upham, TABS Executive Director, and Donna Orem, NAIS President, co-authored this blog. Independent schools exist to help young people learn, grow, and become healthy adults. Our schools have been highly successful, many for hundreds of years, but as a …
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By Trish Fogarty Editor’s Note: Trish Fogarty posted this story to her Facebook page the night before her daughter Margaret graduated from The Rectory School. Since then her son Patrick and daughter Kathleen have also joined Rectory’s family. Rectory shared …
Editor’s Note: This blog was originally posted in April 2015. We’re often asked why TABS doesn’t rank schools. The short answer? It’s all about fit. The long answer? Here goes… As we all know, one can find web sites (frequently …
Helen H. Waldron, M.Ed., an academic tutor at Noodle Pros recently published an article, “Why Your Child Should Attend Boarding School” for Forbes.com and wrote this piece exclusively for TABS. “Why would anyone send their kids to boarding school?” Since …
News reports about sexual misconduct in schools are no longer uncommon. Whether the allegations are about current student – student sexual assault or past teacher – student sexual abuse, no type of school is immune, including independent schools. A claim …
Editor’s Note: In June of 2013, Pat Bassett retired as president of NAIS, the National Association of Independent Schools, and now consults with schools. Pete Upham is executive director of TABS, The Association of Boarding Schools.1 This blog was originally …
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Senior year I was sitting in an interdisciplinary class on the history and literature of Great Britain. I was supposed to be paying attention to something about Henry VIII’s sixth wife, but in my lap I held a tattered scrap …
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