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Leading from the Middle

The Growing Importance of Middle Management in Schools

 

The Reporter: News from the NAIS School Community 

NAIS News

Celebrating NAIS’s 50th anniversary

Fifty years ago, on March 1, 1962, delegates from the Independent Schools Education Board (ISEB) and the National Council of Independent Schools (NCIS) voted to establish a new entity — the National Association of Independent Schools.

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NAIS News

The NAIS Government Relations team needs you

Check out the latest NAIS video on grassroots engagement: the NAIS Government Relations team encourages members to connect with the elected officials who represent their school.

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NAIS News

Child safety and enrollment management: Is your school up to speed?

No one wishes to see children harmed, yet the safety and well-being of children across the country is threatened every day by child abuse and neglect.

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NAIS News

SSS hosts first financial aid conference

For the first time, SSS By NAIS will offer a single conference instead of a fall workshop series. The 2012 SSS Financial Aid Conference will take place November 13–14, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland.

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NAIS News

Chicago hosts Leadership Through Partnership

For Philip Kassen, director of the Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School (LREI) in New York, getting to know his incoming board chair was a top priority.

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NAIS News

Summer Programs

Summer Programs

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NAIS News

Harnessing Houston’s energy for 2012 People of Color Conference

Houston, Texas, will host the 2012 People of Color Conference, whose theme is “Energizing Our Future Through Refining Our Shared Sense of Community: 25 Years of Fueling the Power of Change in Independent Schools.”

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NAIS News

Free ebook unlocks the mysteries of financial aid

Applying for admission to independent schools can be an overwhelming process for families.

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School News

“Deconstructing Racism”: Calhoun School launches national initiative

In spring 2012, The Calhoun School (New York) launched a major national initiative designed to reshape the conversation about institutionalized racism and white privilege in the U.S.

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School News

First Global Consortium Summit convenes in Seattle

Maggie Chumbley

As an addendum to the NAIS Annual Conference in Seattle this past winter, a unique group gathered for the first Global Consortium Summit.

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Programs

Future studies: helping students shape their world

Robert Orr

Much of the progress aimed at bettering education in the 21st century has focused on teaching children for the future — such as offering more access to new technologies and encouraging appropriate use of Internet resources.

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Programs

Eco!Wonder battles “nature deficit disorder”

Jane Thornton

How can we encourage three-, four- and five-year-old children to realize the important role they can play in keeping our environment healthy?

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Programs

FORBES’ “30 under 30” taps two Sage Hill grads

Young people usually get in trouble for disrupting — but according to FORBES magazine, it is the “disrupters” who can make a difference in the world.

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Programs

Schools collaborate to demystify college admissions

Robin Kennedy

For even the most competent high school students, applying to college can create pressure-cooker emotions — not only for students, but also for their families.

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Honors

The Green Cup Challenge: “So Fresh and So Green”

In early 2012, students from 116 schools in 22 states collectively prevented 1,567,562 pounds of global warming carbon dioxide (CO2) from being released into the atmosphere.

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Vantage Point

In defense of single-sex schools

Chris Brueningsen and Randie Benedict

Diane Halpern and seven of her social-scientist colleagues who, together, founded the American Council for Co-Educational Schooling. We take exception to many of the conclusions drawn in this report.

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