“‘Tis We With Joyous Labor”: Why I Work at my Alma Mater Laura Burgess is a fifth generation boarding school graduate. She holds a B.A. from St. Lawrence University and an M.A.L.S. degree with a focus on education policy from …
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 Great boarding schools are …
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TABS recently returned from a great week in Boston for our Annual Conference (which we’ll recap in a separate post, for sure). Among many highlights of Conference week is the Head’s Dinner on Friday night, which celebrates all heads of …
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Today, I am literally six weeks into my post as Director of Member Relations here at TABS. After fifteen years in the admission world, I’ll admit, I do miss the day-in-day-out work with kids and their parents and the rhythm …
As with education vouchers, recent years have seen an abundance of state legislative proposals supporting tuition tax credits for businesses or individuals who wish contribute to K–12 non-profit private schools. At the end of 2006, only four US states had …
School voucher proposals seem to be much in the news these days. Wisconsin’s governor would like to expand their program beyond its current geographic confines of Milwaukee and Racine. New Jersey’s governor wishes to initiate a program. The state’s supreme …
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Leaving this conference after just two short days of learning and sharing, I am inspired and renewed. There were wonderful speakers and workshops covering a variety of topics, all focused on international students and global citizenship. The conference kicked off …
Today I added another link to our ever-growing (albeit slowly) blogroll and included Peter Gow’s new blog for EdWeek: Independent Schools, Common Perspectives. Happy to have an independent school veteran adding his voice to the blogosphere. Check out his recent …