6 x 9
489 pages
Looking Ahead: Independent School Issues & Answers, Second Edition
Patrick F. Basset, Craig Thorn IV, editors
This second edition of Looking Ahead offers over sixty essays on six broad topics - finance, faculty, communication, curriculum, culture & community, and technology - that leading educators in independent schools feel represent the vital areas of discussion and development in private education today. In effect, Looking Ahead is a colloquium of educators from a wide variety of independent school perspectives sharing ideas that invite colleagues throughout the independent school world to engage in their own discussions about school.
The second edition of Looking Ahead is presented in the spirit of the first edition - as an invitation to educators to collaborate on issues that continue to challenge and intrigue. To quote the editors: "We hope that Looking Ahead raises more questions than it answers, and provokes our colleagues to contribute their own questions. Along the way, we hope that our colleagues realize that, as different as our schools and our roles in them can be, we have much to say to one another and much to learn from what we hear."
Reviews
"The second edition of Looking Ahead is a treasure trove of strategic thinking and profound insight into the critical issues confronting independent schools today. The authors are an eclectic array of the brightest and best working in our schools. They speak from the personal knowledge gained in the boardrooms, classrooms and playing fields of diverse private schools. The topics are presented with force, clarity and personal insight into the unique culture of today's independent school. It is a reference that should be used as a roadmap in guiding administrative teams as well as the volunteer leadership."
Richard F. Barter
Consultant, Klingenstein Fund
"In order for independent school people to demonstrate the vision, creativity and productivity that will keep us at the forefront, we must turn to books like Looking Ahead to guide us. The collective voices and perspectives contained in this book should be on the desk of anyone involved with or interested in independent school education."
Riveta Bowers
Head of School
Center for Early Education