Schools re-examine their practices for preventing sexual harassment in the era of #MeToo. “If people do come forward and we don’t do anything, we are de facto condoning the behavior. As a result, we could lose good peopl
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Stand-out books on governance, personalized learning and institutional innovation may help you reflect on the year behind and those ahead.
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Schools uncover new strategies for making dining a winner — nutritionally, reputationally and financially.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Legal
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Policy
Transgender individuals make up just 0.6 percent of the population, but schools should prepare policies to address them because of potential complications involving accommodations as well as a risk of bullying and harass
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Taking the feedback hike together: How parent surveys improved leadership, staff unity, student outcomes and enrollment.
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Labor Law
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Regulatory Updates
Article by Grace H. Lee, Esq.
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Imaginative and strategic repurposing of underused spaces shows how modest budgets can strengthen enrollment, reinforce mission.
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By screening candidates for empathy and adaptability, this school gets this school improves retention and satisfaction with hires.
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Leaders today struggle to strike the right balance between using data, intuition and judgment when making decisions.
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Multi-use learning spaces pay off for schools that think flexibly about their programs and resources. “A building doesn’t necessarily have to be cutting-edge architecturally to be cutting-edge pedagogically.”
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Technical staff at many independent schools are working hard to meet the May 26 deadline for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a European Union law that regulates the way organizations handle
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Human Resources
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Performance Management
Staff quality “goes up in years and down in minutes.” Don’t risk even one poor hiring decision.
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Gift
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Investments
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Planning
From the archives: Unexpected donations present schools with wonderful opportunities, and sometimes challenges. “It’s really hard to turn down big money.”
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After School
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Culture
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Human Resources
This business officer provides financial literacy training to students after school hours. Parents want even more.
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Counterproductive leadership behaviors include distancing, overpowering, conforming — and failing to engage.
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By aligning around a compelling vision of its “mission-appropriate customer,” this small school clarified its message, focused its outreach and grew enrollment by 82 percent.
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Little-known rule lets qualifying schools limit donor reporting to contributions larger than the standard $5,000 threshold.
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Why should business officers take the time to enter data into BIIS (Business Intelligence for Independent Schools), NBOA’s new data collection and reporting platform? Besides the fact that it was built for business offic
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