You've got one shot at a strong start for new families. Make it count.

Enrollment directors are wise to spend the first two weeks of the school year focused entirely on retention.

To retain students and faculty, independent schools should remove uncertainty when and wherever possible.

Families who came to independent schools last school year are the marketing opportunity of a lifetime for independent schools.

A prescription for a post-pandemic fall at independent elementary schools.

Report from the field: independent school enrollment trends, November 2020.

Enrollment professionals follow these core principles in their work with prospective parents.

Over the summer, independent schools enrolled students leaving schools that had mismanaged the COVID crisis. Now they must retain them.

Next year, the new normal for elementary schools may be older than the old normal.

A prescription for retention during a pandemic school year.

Approval of the 2021-2022 budget is 4 months away. Retention plans for students and faculty are the key.

In planning for the fall, independent school leaders should be creative in finding ways to have elementary students on campus every day.

College and elementary students could take a gap year in 2020 - 2021, together.

A summer enrollment plan for indy schools recovering from the COVID crisis.

Any member of a school community should expect to be seen and known. Heads must lead and model this effort.

In their employment and enrollment decisions, heads balance compassion with their duty to protect the school's mission and bottom line.

Independent school enrollment professionals must be good teachers of prospective parents.

Millennials are discovering that choosing a school for their children is the most difficult decision of their lives.

How good are your school's retention efforts? Take a close look at the months of December and January, retention crunch time.

The ability to build relationships is the most important skill for enrollment professionals to possess.