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Balancing Act
School leaders will help their communities balance competing priorities next year.

Mike Vachow
Mar 2, 20214 min read
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The Road Back
Thoughts on how schools should prepare for the long-tail impact of the pandemic on the lives of educators, their students and families.

Mike Vachow
Jan 31, 20213 min read
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Groundhog Day
Hiring is a year round job. You'll need a great process to evaluate candidates, but first you'll need a deep network to find them.

Mike Vachow
Jan 19, 20213 min read
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My Top Hits 2020
The pandemic brought these ideas to the fore of my thinking this year. I'm still wondering about them.

Mike Vachow
Dec 30, 20203 min read
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The Long Game
In the contrail of the pandemic next year, independent schools will have to play the long game with innovation.

Mike Vachow
Dec 15, 20203 min read
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Farewell to (Facility) Arms (Race)
It's time to develop a realistic understanding of the long and short term needs of your facilities.

Mike Vachow
Dec 8, 20203 min read
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Moving Forward
It was a good Thanksgiving on average for independent school heads. Auspicious vaccine news corresponded with the future-gaze of budget...

Mike Vachow
Nov 30, 20203 min read
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Report from the Admission Office
Report from the field: independent school enrollment trends, November 2020.

Mike Vachow
Nov 11, 20203 min read
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Core Work
Enrollment professionals follow these core principles in their work with prospective parents.

Mike Vachow
Oct 28, 20203 min read
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Yard Sale
The pandemic offers schools the opportunity to distill their programs and tighten their brands.

Mike Vachow
Oct 21, 20203 min read
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Expensive and Messy
Next year, elementary educators will focus on reclaiming and growing what the pandemic took away from children this year.

Mike Vachow
Oct 13, 20205 min read
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Safe Harboring
Over the summer, independent schools enrolled students leaving schools that had mismanaged the COVID crisis. Now they must retain them.

Mike Vachow
Oct 1, 20207 min read
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The New, Older Normal
Next year, the new normal for elementary schools may be older than the old normal.

Mike Vachow
Sep 22, 20202 min read
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Retention 2020 - 2021
A prescription for retention during a pandemic school year.

Mike Vachow
Sep 16, 20203 min read
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Exposed
The pandemic has revealed anew a great number of truths about education.

Mike Vachow
Aug 25, 20204 min read
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The Wolf
Time's running out. Invest in proactive board education.

Mike Vachow
Aug 21, 20202 min read
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On the Horizon: Budget 2021 - 2022
Approval of the 2021-2022 budget is 4 months away. Retention plans for students and faculty are the key.

Mike Vachow
Aug 20, 20204 min read
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Hothouse
Independent school heads and board chairs should engage an outside counselor to help them remain focused on 2020 guiding principles.

Mike Vachow
Jul 30, 20204 min read
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New Trustee Kit
Advice for new independent school trustees: find your inner extrovert.

Mike Vachow
Jul 24, 20204 min read
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You Are Here
This fall, it will be more important than ever for trustees to be present in the life of the school.

Mike Vachow
Jul 14, 20203 min read
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