We All Make Mistaks
By Mrs. Cindi Gibbs-Wilborn, Head of School, Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School During Beauvoir’s first Parents Association Meeting of the year, I shared that I…
How Technology Affects DC Children’s Learning
By Lucy Wyndham Technology is booming with 57% of children age three to seventeen currently using the Internet at home, compared to 11% in 1997. Yet this…
5 Tips for High School Juniors
Robbye Fox, Independent Educational Consultant, The College Lady Focus on Academics — The most important task all underclassmen can do is to focus on schoolwork. Colleges look…
What College Admissions Officers Are REALLY Looking For in a High Schooler
Radha Parameswaran, Head of School and Science and Mathematics Teacher, Blyth-Templeton Academy Ask any student what the most stressful part of their final year and…
When the Start of School is Not Going Well
By Kim Bair, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, Washington Episcopal School What a joy it is to welcome new and returning students to school.…
Get in Gear for the School Year Ahead: 10 Super Tips To Start the School Year
by Wendy Taylor, M.Ed., Executive Director, Learning Essentials Without fail, the summer always seems to end the same way—abruptly. While families have been soaking up…
The Importance of a Learner-Driven Community at the High School Level
by Lee Palmer, Chief Innovation Officer for Blyth-Templeton Academy For most adults, thinking about our teenage years brings back powerful and distinct memories–memories of a first…
By Paying for Private School You are Funding Educational Experimentation
By G. Ruga, Editor, Paying for Private School: Tips and tricks for sending your child to private school One thing that has consistently surprised me about paying…
The Secret Reason Why Parents Over Schedule Their Kids
by Trevor Waddington, Principal at TYW Education Group It’s a typical Tuesday afterschool in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Stoller family comes home to their GoldenDoodle,…
Bring Back the Chores! Why Our Children Aren’t Doing Them and Why They Should
By Charlotte Foster, Curriculum Coordinator and English Department Chair, Westminster School Most of us remember doing household chores in our childhood, and although that probably…
Is Prepping Unethical?
Our colleagues in New York have made some great connections. One group, Bright Kids, is a comprehensive tutoring firm. Based on this and any personal…