Headlines: Herd Mentality Limits Students’ Potential
This article originally appeared in the winter 2014 Harker Quarterly. by Chris Nikoloff, Head of SchoolMy son’s basketball team had its first tournament of the…
Chris Nikoloff: Parenting
Headlines: Grimms and Grit – Teaching Perseverance to Our Children
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. On the parenting circuit these days there is much talk about resilience, grit and how these…
Headlines: Children are the Soul of Society
This article originally appeared in the spring 2013 Harker Quarterly. What if children
are more whole, complete human beings than adults? What do I mean…
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…
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: 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…