I’ve just finished Richard E. Nisbett’s most recent book, Intelligence and How To Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count. While the larger purpose of the book is to explore the controversy surrounding the relationship between genes and intelligence, I was most interested in his chapter on “Improving the Schools.” Through a careful analysis of [...]
As part of a redesign of our website, we've decided to create this vehicle for sharing the information and insights we gain as we visit independent schools and interact each year with hundreds of school leaders -- administrators, faculty, and Board members.
While we've been writing and distributing longer articles for years, we see this blog as a way to share interesting tidbits in short form. All of us at Wickenden Associates will be contributing to the blog periodically, and we hope our readers will weigh in with comments of their own.
