Peter Upham, TABS Executive Director, and Donna Orem, NAIS President, co-authored this blog. Independent schools exist to help young people learn, grow, and become healthy adults. Our schools have been highly successful, many for hundreds of years, but as a…
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- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- EF, Education First
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- Gems Education
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BOARDING SCHOOL NETWORKS
- Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS)
- Catholic Boarding Schools Association (CBSA)
- Junior Boarding School Association (JBSA)
- New York Boarding Schools (NYBS)
- Small Boarding School Association (SBSA)
- Southeastern Association of Boarding Schools (SABS)
- Ten Schools Admission Organization (TSAO)
- Western Boarding Schools Association (WBSA)
SISTER ASSOCIATIONS
- Australian Boarding School Association (ABSA)
- Boarding Schools' Association (BSA)
- Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS)
- Green Schools Alliance (GSA)
- International Boys' Schools Coalition (IBSC)
- National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
- The National Coalition of Girls Schools (NCGS)
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
- ASSIST
- Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools (ACCIS)
- Association of Independent School Admission Professionals (AISAP)
- Campus Outreach Services (COS)
- Educational Records Bureau (ERB)
- Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)
- National Business Officers Association (NBOA)
- Secondary School Admission Test Board (SSATB)
Why Boarding School?
by Loomis Chaffee Head of School, Sheila Culbert, PhD., and originally appearing on the Loomis Chaffee Head's Blog: ------------------------------ Why Boarding School? February 7, 2019 A few weeks ago, along with several other heads of sc...
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Letting Her Go
By Trish Fogarty Editor’s Note: Trish Fogarty posted this story to her Facebook page the night before her daughter Margaret graduated from The Rectory School. Since then her son Patrick and daughter Kathleen have also joined Rectory’s family. Rectory shared…
Why TABS Doesn’t Rank Schools
Editor’s Note: This blog was originally posted in April 2015. We’re often asked why TABS doesn’t rank schools. The short answer? It’s all about fit. The long answer? Here goes… As we all know, one can find web sites (frequently…
Posted in Academics, Boarding schools, Counseling, Dispelling Myths, Independent Schools, Marketing, Parents, Students, TABS
Preparing Your School For More Effective Crisis Response – Two Essential Organizational Prerequisites
News reports about sexual misconduct in schools are no longer uncommon. Whether the allegations are about current student – student sexual assault or past teacher – student sexual abuse, no type of school is immune, including independent schools. A claim…
Posted in Administration, Boarding schools, Boards, Business Office, Communications, Dispelling Myths, Heads, Independent Schools, Trustees Tagged with: crisis management, sexual abuse
25 Factors Great Boarding Schools Have in Common
Editor’s Note: In June of 2013, Pat Bassett retired as president of NAIS, the National Association of Independent Schools, and now consults with schools. Pete Upham is executive director of TABS, The Association of Boarding Schools.1 This blog was originally…
Above all, Mission. Observations from the 2016 TABS Conference
I think of David Lee Roth, Boy George and Madonna, and how defiantly outrageous the 1980s seemed when I went to boarding school, like we couldn’t push it any further. But the kinds of changes we are seeing these days…
Kindness is Difficult.
By Brad Bates, Head of School, Dublin School. Originally posted on 2 Brads Blog. The recent presidential election brought about an unprecedented level of vitriol, hate and anger in our country. As a history teacher I had to go back…
After the Election: Thoughts from a Head of School
Solebury Head of School Tom Wilschutz shared the following thoughts at a student assembly on November 9, 2016. Good afternoon, I want to spend a few minutes and offer some context and perspective around this moment in our nation’s history.…
WONDERING #3
We continue to live in an era of rapid cultural evolution. Reasonable people navigate these turbulent waters with humility, curiosity, and openness, yet even reasonable people can feel the passionate, loud, and often uncompromising voices of extreme perspectives – extreme…
Stereotype Threat & The Unique Advantage of Community
Remember SchoolHouse Rock? “Conjunction – Junction, what’s your function?” If you are too young, it’s worth a Google. I loved it and learned plenty about “Hooking up words, and phrases and clauses…” But another thing that always stuck in my…
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