by John Zurn | Jul 21, 2026 | Blog
JOHN ZURN, Educational Author Teachers and parents spend an amazing amount of time blaming each other for the state of modern childhood, which is a little like the quarterback and the coach arguing while the other team is scoring touchdowns. The truth is that...
by John Zurn | Jul 14, 2026 | Blog
JOHN ZURN, Educational Author For forty years, I had a front-row seat to American education. I began as a teacher, moved into administration, and spent the final twenty-eight years of my career as a Head of School in independent K–8 schools. During that time, I...
by John Zurn | Jul 10, 2026 | Blog
JOHN ZURN, Educational Author For generations, schools have been remarkably successful at teaching children how to solve for x, diagram a sentence, and remember just enough history to pass Friday’s quiz. Unfortunately, life has changed faster than the...
by John Zurn | Jul 7, 2026 | Blog
JOHN ZURN, Educational Author If there is one thing capable of derailing a child’s success faster than a forgotten science project on the morning it is due, it is a disconnect between what parents believe and what schools believe. When families and educators...
by John Zurn | Jul 3, 2026 | Blog
JOHN ZURN, Educational Author Jackson was a difficult student, though not in the traditional sense. He wasn’t disruptive, lazy, or prone to launching paper airplanes across the room. His problem was that he was exceptionally bright and knew it. As his...
by John Zurn | Jun 9, 2026 | The Secrets of Success
JOHN ZURN, Educational Author For much of modern society, money has quietly graduated from being a useful tool to becoming the official scoreboard of life. We are surrounded by advertisements, influencers, and financial gurus who assure us that happiness is...
by John Zurn | Jun 8, 2026 | The Secrets of Success
JOHN ZURN, Educational Author After more than forty years in elementary schools—as a teacher and later as a Head of School—I learned something that no graduate course, educational consultant, or strategic-planning retreat ever fully explained: every child has gifts....
by John Zurn | Jun 6, 2026 | The Secrets of Success
JOHN ZURN, Educational Author One lesson became increasingly clear during my years in education: preparing children for life is very different from preparing them for the next test. While schools naturally focus on academic achievement, success in adulthood depends on...
by John Zurn | Jun 4, 2026 | The Secrets of Success
John Zurn, Educational Author From the earliest days of the American experiment, leaders such as Thomas Jefferson envisioned education as a means of developing both talent and virtue. In practice, however, schools became very good at one half of that equation. Over...
by John Zurn | Jun 3, 2026 | The Secrets of Success
JOHN ZURN, Educational Author It is time for parents and educators to reclaim authority over the raising of children. We have handed far too much influence to technology companies, social media platforms, corporate marketing departments, and political activists...
by John Zurn | Jun 2, 2026 | The Secrets of Success
JOHN ZURN, Educational Author Before we can teach values, we need to stop pretending that everyone’s values are completely different. Turn on cable news or spend ten minutes on social media and you might conclude that Americans disagree on everything from breakfast...
by John Zurn | Feb 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Focus is about the choices a student makes. Is he or she paying attention to the things that are most important? Some students need to pay attention to teacher directions, others to the quality of their spelling...
