Two months ago a distinguished group of eleven educators from independent schools around New England spent three days on the Rivers camp...

Several years ago the Director of College Counseling and I met with a senior admissions officer at an Ivy League school.   At one point ...

Last month a team of eleven outside educators from some of the top schools in New England (including three from ISL schools) spent three...

I was talking last week to a 2013 Rivers graduate who is doing a gap year before she attends an Ivy League college.   She spent two months i...

I often hear prospective parents talk about trying to help their son or daughter find “the right fit” in an independent school. The conversa...

So why do I direct traffic in the morning?   There is a serious answer to this question, and the answer reflects the school’s educational ...

There are a lot of issues I have with Mark Edmundson’s article “Where Should I Go to College?” – the cynical tone, the thinly disguised ...

One of my favorite expressions is “best idea wins.” When I use it at faculty meetings, it’s not to challenge teachers to go beyond the stan...

Last week I had the privilege of listening to one of our seniors, Alejandra Gil, talk about her experience as an immigrant from Colombia. Al...

Relationships are a staple of independent school education. Check out any school website, and you are sure to see statements about the close...

There's a lot of controversy surrounding the College Board's Advanced Placement program. Teachers are frustrated by the constraints ...

I believe strongly in professional development for faculty. To me it's a mark of a school that is serious about what it is trying to acc...

One of the defining values that has emerged in the last several years at Rivers is a spirit of innovation. Innovation at Rivers does not mea...

Tenth Grade Dean Kate Wade recently launched RISE (Reflection and Introspection for Service Education) for the sophomore class at Rivers. Th...

When Steve Jobs stepped down as C.E.O. of Apple, I, like so many others, read the many stories about the man and the spirit of innovation he...

Several years ago the Rivers varsity girls' soccer team played against a team not affiliated with the ISL. Throughout the game, two fath...