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Mike Vachow
- Mar 9
- 3 min
A Modest Proposal
A prescription for a post-pandemic fall at independent elementary schools.
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Mike Vachow
- Mar 2
- 4 min
Balancing Act
School leaders will help their communities balance competing priorities next year.
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Mike Vachow
- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
My Top Hits 2020
The pandemic brought these ideas to the fore of my thinking this year. I'm still wondering about them.
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Mike Vachow
- Dec 15, 2020
- 3 min
The Long Game
In the contrail of the pandemic next year, independent schools will have to play the long game with innovation.
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Mike Vachow
- Nov 11, 2020
- 3 min
Report from the Admission Office
Report from the field: independent school enrollment trends, November 2020.
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Mike Vachow
- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
Core Work
Enrollment professionals follow these core principles in their work with prospective parents.
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Mike Vachow
- Oct 21, 2020
- 3 min
Yard Sale
The pandemic offers schools the opportunity to distill their programs and tighten their brands.
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Mike Vachow
- Sep 22, 2020
- 2 min
The New, Older Normal
Next year, the new normal for elementary schools may be older than the old normal.
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Mike Vachow
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Retention 2020 - 2021
A prescription for retention during a pandemic school year.
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Mike Vachow
- Aug 25, 2020
- 4 min
Exposed
The pandemic has revealed anew a great number of truths about education.
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Mike Vachow
- Aug 21, 2020
- 2 min
The Wolf
Time's running out. Invest in proactive board education.
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