Although I adore reading my printed newspaper each day, one of the fun features of a digital edition is the list of “most popular” or “most e-mailed” news stories. The 16th... Read More »

There’s been a longstanding tension between business and education that has centered on whether and to what extent approaches from the “business world” can or should be adopted by... Read More »

April was National Poetry Month. It’s also a time here in the northeast when the smallest enticements of spring begin to peep out through the cold winds and chilly rains that continue to hound... Read More »

The explosions at the Boston Marathon that injured so many and took the lives of three people, including an eight-year-old boy, came as yet another shock, following so closely as they have on the... Read More »

On Easter Sunday, I happened to turn on the radio and encounter a moving conversation between On Being host Krista Tippett and Rep. John Lewis, one of the civil rights movement’s great leaders... Read More »

It’s Asia Week here in New York City, an annual festival of arts and culture both ancient and contemporary. A featured exhibition is the Asia Society’s exquisite display of Chinese brush... Read More »

There are many weighty issues when it comes to chapel. How often should we have it? What about the Eucharist within the context of school chapel? How Christian should chapel be, or how inclusive... Read More »

It’s probably no accident that the faculty hiring season ramps up just as Lent begins. The hiring process can sometimes feel like forty days in the wilderness! Anxiety, fear, and just plain... Read More »

At our recent meeting of the NAES Governing Board, Bishop Thomas Breidenthal of the Diocese of Southern Ohio made the observation that, increasingly, the Episcopal Church is exploring the... Read More »

January and February are rough times in schools. Days are dark and long and the hard work is upon us. It can be tough to remember why we do what we do and even tougher to feel that we’re doing... Read More »