The Drum Major Instinct
You may remember the term, “The Drum Major Instinct,” used in a famous sermon preached in 1968 by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., a short two months before he was... Read More »
News
The Human Element
The following headline in the Arts section of the New York Times grabbed my attention: “Busy Job of Judging Video-Game Content to Be Ceded to Machines”. Since 1994, it’s been the... Read More »
Cautionary Tales
In the past week, The New York Times ran two fascinating articles about denominationally-based schools here in New York City that will resonate with many Episcopal schools—cautionary tales, if... Read More »
Never-Better or Better-Never?
In the February 14, 2011 issue of The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik reflects on the growing amount of recent literature that celebrates the advances of technology, bemoans its harmful effects, or seeks to... Read More »
For the Common Good
Dan Heischman and I recently returned from the NAIS Annual Conference in National Harbor, Maryland where we had a chance to connect with many NAES members. The conference theme was “Advancing... Read More »
Let Us Pray
It is often said that Episcopal schools are praying places. Each of us can point to the unique ways that our school prays together. It might be the short prayer that the youngest students learn as... Read More »
Why Don’t They Just Trust Us?
A school head looks at the student’s advisor, as the parents of that student leave the office feeling dissatisfied with what they have heard. Both school head and advisor shake their heads in... Read More »
When Children Worry
In one of my first years as a nursery school director, our lives were disrupted by the DC sniper. The next year brought 9/11. The year after that came Hurricane Isabelle. Last year our fears centered... Read More »
Moral Courage
I recently heard an interview with journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault who was, as a young Charlayne Hunter, one of two black students to integrate the University of Georgia exactly 50 years ago this... Read More »
When Christmas Comes
Christmas is one of those times of the year when we are most likely to fool ourselves. We assume that in order to get into the Christmas spirit we must engage in a certain number of activities,... Read More »