Here’s a tremendous opportunity to learn more about boarding schools with making the drive. This weekend you are invited to attend the Boarding Schools Expo from the comfort of your living room. In addition to a virtual tour of the campus, you will have opportunities to as questions of students, faculty an admissions staff. To sign up, go to http://boardingschoolexpos.com/

Boarding Schools Expo Sunday, October 24, 2010 2:00-8:00 pm Eastern

An opportunity to visit with over 60 boarding schools, Ask questions ... more >>

Study Shows Teens Benefit from a Later School Day

As the parent of two teenagers, the news that, given an extra half hour of sleep in the morning makes high school aged students more alert and productive comes as no surprise to me. This study was conducted at St. George’s School in Rhode Island last year and the researchers found that by starting the school day just 30 minutes later significantly reduced the number of students late to their first period ... more >>

Gender Gap for the Gifted in City Schools

I’m always disheartened to hear how gender gaps persist in schools, despite on-going research. It turns out that today’s classrooms may favor girls because the emphasis is on literacy and testing – things girls tend to excell at, rather than on math and spatial relationships – those things that boys typically do better with.