The Harvard Business Review recently sought to answer what makes visionary entrepreneurs tick. After conducting thousands of surveys and hundreds of interviews with revolutionary thinkers like the founders of E-bay, Proctor and Gamble, Apple, and Amazon, the researchers identified one common trait: inquisitiveness.
The authors of this study also noted how many of these remarkable [...]
Perhaps you have heard a story similar to this recently: teenage couple breaks up,
boy sends inappropriate photo of ex to ex’s best friend, friend forwards photo and
accompanying derogatory message to everyone in school, both ex-boyfriend and
best friend get arrested.
With the increasing prevalence of social media, we are asking [...]
Education is a hot topic in America right now. Fueled by films such as Waiting for Superman and Race to Nowhere, the conversation about how we are preparing children for their futures is buzzing. With students in the U.S. severely lagging behind those in other developed countries in math, reading, and science, the discussion is [...]
Many of the emails and phone calls I receive this time of year share a common theme: When does school start? We all relish a shared expectation for enjoying nostalgic summer experiences: lazy days of running through the sprinkler, family hikes, and perhaps a bit of quiet while the children are at camp. However, as [...]
I had the pleasure this week of hearing Dr. Wendy Mogel speak at the National Association of Independent School’s Annual Conference. Author of Blessings of a Skinned Knee and Blessings of a B Minus, Mogel is an internationally known clinical psychologist. She has become a powerful speaker about over-parenting and an advocate for raising children [...]
I can recall every detail of those five minutes as it happened yesterday. Three-and four-year old children were reading on their own joyfully, five-year olds were doing addition with beads that represented their numerical value (perhaps understanding the actual mechanism of numeracy better than I ever had), and teachers were smiling and engaged. It was [...]
A few weeks ago, almost two hundred people gathered in our school’s gym/theater to screen a film that is sparking a national conversation. Race to Nowhere, an award-winning documentary, ignites a discussion about the pressures our students face today. Featuring stories of students who suffer from stress-related conditions, the movie shows kids who are under [...]
We also believe that the most innovative entrepreneurs were very lucky to have been raised in an atmosphere where inquisitiveness was encouraged. We were stuck by the stories they told about being sustained by people who cared about experimentation and exploration. Sometimes these people were relatives, but sometimes they were neighbors, teachers or other influential [...]
Today, I watched as my daughter’s teacher showed her around the classroom and gave Eva her first few lessons. All of the emotions of parenting ran through my mind. How is she old enough to start school? Will she ask for something when she needs it? Will she make friends? What areas will be her [...]
It’s a familiar conversation among teachers across the nation: “Sophie’s mom did her homework, again” . . . “Jack’s dad yelled at the soccer coach because Jack sat the second period out” . . . “Jordan’s mom left me an irate voicemail protesting his final exam grade before the test was even over.” Educators, child [...]
- Because of the depth of research projects she undertook at Montessori, my daughter was very well prepared for the academic rigors of high school. Her Montessori teachers had never requested her to spit back facts from lessons, but instead to interpret those facts in a meaningful way. 'Thinking for yourself' may be a trait that Montessori students take for granted; for others it is a hard lesson.
-Jeannie Tanski parents of '08 and '10 graduates of MSE Log in
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