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  1. Obama Nobel best line: Let us reach for the world that ought to be -- that spark of the divine that still stirs within each of our souls. 8:45 AM Dec 11th from web
  2. PoCC:2500 students & faculty=footsoldiers at the vanguard of diversity. School leaders: create the conditions for them to succeed back home. 8:37 AM Dec 5th from web
  3. Documentary film, "The Prep School Negro" screening at PoCC: Great film for middle and upper schools. www.prepschoolnegro.com 4:06 PM Dec 4th from web
  4. "Who are the heroes and who the savages depends on who is telling the story." Charlene Teters, member of Spokane nation, speaking at PoCC. 4:00 PM Dec 4th from web
  5. At NAIS's PoCC: Best quote of the day from Kenji Yoshimo, gay Yale law prof: "In 2009 in America, it's not normal to be completely normal." 8:16 AM Dec 4th from web
  6. When they speak, I listen: Fareed Zakaria. David Brooks. Thomas Friedman. Malcolm Gladwell. Robert Samuelson. Who's on your list? 2:16 PM Nov 30th from web
  7. On Parents3: Ex: “Your kid's happier moments will multiply when she is taking charge of her own destiny, with some sense of her own power.” 3:02 PM Nov 29th from web
  8. On Parents-2: What does work is appreciative inquiry: “What do we and parents both want for healthy kids, and how can we leverage that?” 2:59 PM Nov 29th from web
  9. On Parents: What doesn't work is the deficit discourse: “Why are you so impossibly myopic and misguided, and how can we fix that?”). 2:56 PM Nov 29th from web
  10. Spotlight on Westtown School's SUPERPOWER Bob Bishop-our first success story at http://www.nais.org. Send in your school’s nominees today 3:25 PM Nov 23rd from web
  11. Thanksgiving litany of what folks are grateful for from Peggy Noonan: http://online.wsj.com/article/declarations.html 10:20 AM Nov 21st from web
  12. Inadvertent wisdom from a student: Instead of “The whole is equal to the sum of its parts,” “The soul is equal to the hum of its parts.” 10:16 AM Nov 21st from web
  13. If you are not a "school OF the future," you may not end up being a "school WITH a future." See www.nais.org/go/21century 7:42 AM Nov 19th from web
  14. Schools: race car crews focused on emergency pit stop fixes, but winners minimize drag & maximize strategy of car design & driver strength. 7:20 AM Nov 18th from web
  15. Value Proposition = perception of outcomes/perception of price. As price goes up, unless outcomes go up, value proposition goes down. 7:40 AM Nov 16th from web
  16. From an NAIS board member: "Not only am I a digital immigrant rather than a digital native, I was stopped and arrested at the border." 7:38 AM Nov 16th from web
  17. RU SERIOUS about DIVERSITY?: Send faculty and kids to PoCC in Denver, Dec 3-5. Welcome back a committed team See www.nais.org/pocc 1:41 PM Nov 10th from web
  18. Changing mascots is throwing a match to the kindling of the culture wars bonfire. Like renaming the Xmas pageant. Prepare for fireworks. 4:31 AM Oct 30th from web
  19. Mission Statements: Try color-coding only words that describe student outcomes-that's your mission promise. Eliminate all the rest as fluff. 12:23 AM Oct 23rd from web
  20. Grant Wiggins-speaking in Athens in NESA: teaching not a profession and needs to be, like medicine: not random -find, follow best practice. 12:08 AM Oct 23rd from web
  • Name Patrick F. Bassett
  • Bio President of the National Association of Independent Schools
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