by John Zurn | Sep 6, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant I worked in an American school in Europe for two years. One of my students, Rodrigo, was the kind who could never sit still for more than a minute. His body was in constant motion, his legs twisting and...
by John Zurn | Sep 4, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant The bulk of my career and all of my Headships were in kindergarten through 8th grade independent schools- a fact that I frequently proclaimed kept me at arm’s length from most issues connected to sex, drugs, and...
by John Zurn | Aug 21, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Thomas Jefferson wrote that “talent and virtue, needed in a free society, should be educated regardless of wealth, birth or other accidental condition”. Over the years, public schooling in America has been...
by John Zurn | Aug 14, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant In the months leading up to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, one of the greatest conflicts occurred between two giants of American history, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. John Adams (the Federalist)...
by John Zurn | Aug 9, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant In my experience, the greatest impediment to a child’s success in school is the gap between what the child’s parents believe and what the school believes. That gap generates a potential conflict in expectations...
by John Zurn | Aug 6, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Stories From the Classroom: Cesar Cesar was a twelve-year-old student in sixth grade at our school. He was bright and personable, as indicated by his strong grades and his election as a student council member in...
by John Zurn | Aug 2, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Traits for Success We agreed to work on eight character traits in four different schools to help children become successful in school and in life. Organization: I plan ahead; I have places for...
by John Zurn | Jul 30, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Stories from the classroom: Nia. I worked for several years in a community of sailing families. Throughout the year, there were weekly sailing lessons for children, for teens, and for adults. Frequently, I...
by John Zurn | Jul 26, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Intellect Versus Character: Which Would You Choose? I spent four decades working in independent schools- first as a teacher, next as an administrator, and for the last 28 years of my career as a Head of School. I...
by John Zurn | Jul 13, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant My friend, Mark, is brilliant but failed in school because he could not get information from a book off the printed page. Today, he would have been identified early on as a dyslexic reader and given strategies to...
by John Zurn | Jul 13, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant As parents and teachers, we need to reclaim our traditional role as influencers of our children – not by shouting louder than the influencers our children discover online, but by stressing ideas that...
by John Zurn | Jul 8, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Suzanne signed into TikTok at nine, following several of her friends. Her parents had no reason to suspect that Suzanne was using the social network, so disguising her online activity was not difficult. In...
