One of the comments I hear most often from prospective families in my 20+ years here at The Beekman School is, “…but I’ve never heard of you!” I’ve heard this from lifelong New Yorkers who thought they knew all of the local schools, and I’ve heard this from educational consultants who have been
The concept of personalized learning is a major movement in education right now—largely discussing treating students as individual learners, not as one big herd to move along the same path at the same rate at the same time. This idea is not new, but with the aid of new technology, it is becoming
This post is part of a series inspired by Dream School: NYC, a SundanceTV docu-series that follows 15 New York City teenagers who left high school and are now trying to get back on track to gra
As a child of educators and as an educator myself, I’ve always had an interest in the topic of education. Even before I became an administrator, I would read any article or snippet about teaching that caught my eye. Recently, the subject of teens and mentoring seemed to be popp
Choosing a private school is a complicated task. School websites are a great resource in aiding that choice by pointing out a school’s attractive features such as location, curriculum, and class size.