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…
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- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- EF, Education First
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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)
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Read MoreIndependent Schools Address Educator Sexual Misconduct
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 ye...
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Why TABS Doesn’t Rank Schools
Posted in Academics, Boarding schools, Counseling, Dispelling Myths, Independent Schools, Marketing, Parents, Students, TABS
You Say Place. I Say Person. Sorting information in the classroom and guidance office.
“I’m so glad to be home in Sausalito. Did you talk with the woman who lives in Brooklyn and teaches in Paris and Morocco, when we were in SoHo last night?” “I don’t know who you’re talking about. How are…
Posted in Academics, Counseling, Curriculum, Diversity, Parents, Students, Teaching & Learning, Uncategorized
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…
This is hard! Stereotype Threat Part 2
In a previous TABS blog, Stereotype Threat & the Unique Advantage of Community, I discussed an in-depth conversation I had with Andrew Watson of TranslateTheBrain, about Stereotype Threat and the problems it causes for Working Memory. One of the primary…
Posted in Academics, Counseling, Dispelling Myths, Diversity, Students, Students of Color, Teaching & Learning
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…
Teaching Millennials the Power of Plugging Into Mindfulness
In our wired world it’s easy to extol the virtues of the web, mobile devices and social media. These time-bending technologies have generated previously unimaginable ways of searching, creating and sharing information instantaneously. Yet as our hours and days are…
Posted in Academics, Boarding schools, Independent Schools, TABS, Teaching & Learning, Technology, Uncategorized Tagged with: Boarding School, Creative Thinking, Guest Blogger, millennials, Mindfulness, What's best for kids
My First Learning Management System
I’ll never forget my high school math teacher Ms. Olson. Not only was she an inspiring teacher, but she was also an adept logistician. Tests were always graded quickly, assignment sheets were passed out Monday morning without fail, and major…
Posted in Academics, Boarding schools, Curriculum, Independent Schools, Teaching & Learning Tagged with: Change, Guest Blogger, Teaching and Learning, What's best for kids
Achieve, Achieve, Achieve: The Monster of Our Own Making
Emily Johns is Dean of Students at Chatham Hall, a 9-12 boarding school for girls. She received her B.A. degree from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in American Culture. She is currently working on her M.A. in English at Middlebury College’s Bread…
Posted in Academics, Boarding schools, Student Culture, Student Life Tagged with: Change, Guest Blogger, What's best for kids
Time to Assess for Creative Thinking
Dr. Goodman is the Head of School at Andrews Osborne Academy in Willoughby, Ohio, and has over twenty years of experience in education, including Head of School at The Lillian and Betty Ratner School and the Director of Strategic Programming…
Posted in Academics, Boarding schools, Curriculum, Dispelling Myths, Heads, Independent Schools, TABS Tagged with: Assessment, Change, Creative Thinking, Data, Guest Blogger, higher ed trends, Research
Boarding School Advice For New Students
Justin Muchnick is from Southern California and just began his third year of boarding school at Phillips Academy Andover in Massachusetts. He decided to apply to boarding school when a middle school teacher recognized his passion for learning and the…
Posted in Academics, Athletics, Boarding schools, Dispelling Myths, Social Media, Student Culture, Student Life Tagged with: Student Perspective
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