Risk & Compliance
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Planning
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Risk Management
A comprehensive plan that enables a school’s core offerings to continue after an emergency can not only save time and money during the recovery, but also foster community and connections.
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Schools re-examine their practices for preventing sexual harassment in the era of #MeToo. “If people do come forward and we don’t do anything, we are de facto condoning the behavior. As a result, we could lose good peopl
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Stand-out books on governance, personalized learning and institutional innovation may help you reflect on the year behind and those ahead.
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Schools uncover new strategies for making dining a winner — nutritionally, reputationally and financially.
10 min read
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Legal
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Policy
Transgender individuals make up just 0.6 percent of the population, but schools should prepare policies to address them because of potential complications involving accommodations as well as a risk of bullying and harass
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Taking the feedback hike together: How parent surveys improved leadership, staff unity, student outcomes and enrollment.
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Labor Law
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Regulatory Updates
Article by Grace H. Lee, Esq.
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Imaginative and strategic repurposing of underused spaces shows how modest budgets can strengthen enrollment, reinforce mission.
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By screening candidates for empathy and adaptability, this school gets this school improves retention and satisfaction with hires.
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Leaders today struggle to strike the right balance between using data, intuition and judgment when making decisions.
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Multi-use learning spaces pay off for schools that think flexibly about their programs and resources. “A building doesn’t necessarily have to be cutting-edge architecturally to be cutting-edge pedagogically.”
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Technical staff at many independent schools are working hard to meet the May 26 deadline for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a European Union law that regulates the way organizations handle
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Human Resources
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Performance Management
Staff quality “goes up in years and down in minutes.” Don’t risk even one poor hiring decision.
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Gift
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Investments
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Planning
From the archives: Unexpected donations present schools with wonderful opportunities, and sometimes challenges. “It’s really hard to turn down big money.”
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After School
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Culture
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Human Resources
This business officer provides financial literacy training to students after school hours. Parents want even more.
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Counterproductive leadership behaviors include distancing, overpowering, conforming — and failing to engage.
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By aligning around a compelling vision of its “mission-appropriate customer,” this small school clarified its message, focused its outreach and grew enrollment by 82 percent.
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Little-known rule lets qualifying schools limit donor reporting to contributions larger than the standard $5,000 threshold.
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