Headlines: Where Have all the Neighborhoods Gone?
This story was originally published in the Spring 2012 issue of Harker Quarterly While pushing my son on a swing the other day I…
Columns by Head of School Chris Nikoloff
Headlines: The Parenting Paradox: Honoring Individuality while Reaching for Ideals
This article originally appeared in the winter 2011 Harker Quarterly. Like so much else in life, there is a paradox at the heart of…
Headlines: Matriculation Ceremony
This article originally appeared in the fall 2011 Harker Quarterly Good morning. I’d like to welcome the Board of Trustees, administration, faculty and staff,…
Headlines: Commencement Address 2011: Dare to Lose Your Mind!
This article originally appeared in the summer 2011 Harker Quarterly. Good morning to all our guests: members of the Board of Trustees, administration, faculty…
Headlines: Discipline is Good, But Love and Soul Truly Lead to Excellence
This article originally appeared in the spring 2011 Harker Quarterly. Aristotle said that happiness is the highest good. Amy Chua, of “Tiger Mom” fame,…
Headlines: Finding the Blind Spots in Education
This article originally appeared in the winter 2010 Harker Quarterly. There are several national debates rumbling through education today. We are on a “race…
Headlines: Preparing Our Kids for the Future: Build Their Résumés, or Just Teach Them to Love Learning?
This article originally appeared in the spring 2010 Harker Quarterly. The author Kurt Vonnegut, in a 1994 commencement address at Syracuse University, offered the…
Headlines: The Exercising of Free Will
This article originally appeared in the fall 2010 Harker Quarterly. Good morning. I’d like to welcome the Board of Trustees, administration, faculty and staff,…
Headlines: Dare to ‘Singletask’
This article originally appeared in the summer 2010 Harker Quarterly. Good morning to all our esteemed guests: members of the board of trustees, administration,…
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This article originally appeared in the winter 2009 Harker Quarterly. Just recently on campus, I saw a couple of students casually talking with a…