Independent School

Employees across all sectors—including in education—are frustrated, burned-out, and seeking higher pay and greater work-life balance. This, combined with a nationwide teacher shortage and cost-of-living increases, is making it challenging for many schools to recruit, hire, and retain qualified staff. So, how can independent schools address faculty and staff expectations and become a workplace of choice? What will it take to bolster our teaching and leadership pipelines? And how can schools support employees in ways that ultimately benefit students and independent school sustainability? We explore these questions and more in the Spring 2024 issue of Independent School magazine.

Independent schools are often viewed as wealthy institutions that serve a wealthy clientele. But not all schools are well-resourced, and almost all independent schools serve families from a broad range of socioeconomic backgrounds. This is not news. But it’s time again to examine these ideas and perceptions through a current lens. In the Winter 2024 issue of Independent School magazine, we explore the many ways money is embedded in schools.

With so much disruption in education these past few years and increased attention from parents on kids’ schooling, there have been a lot of questions about what’s going on in schools. This collective and renewed focus on education has brought renewed focus to an important question: What is the purpose of school? In the Fall 2023 issue of Independent School magazine, we seek to explore the purpose of education and independent schools.