Day School People MUST Read this Lost Classic by Cynthia Ozick. Now.
You—that is, you Board Members, teachers, Heads of School, parents, prospective parents, development professionals, grandparents, communications people, volunteers, admission officers, marketers,...
View ArticleIt’s 2013, Do You Know Where Your Affordability Is?
You have opinions about day school affordability. Theories, ideas, firmly held preconceptions—they are in your brain, just bouncing around. I myself am currently holding three or four impossible...
View ArticleI Threw out a Virtual Message in a Bottle. The Leadership Line’s Response...
In the following guest post, Justin Sakofs writes about his Leadership Line experience. If you’d like to tell your LL story, send us a note. As an aspiring educational leader—I’m currently teaching...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The “I and Thou” of Social Media: A Conversation About Organizational Change
Jewish day schools seek ways of building community and engaging constituents online. We see some companies, causes, and individuals who have successfully built loyal and growing “tribes,” and wonder if...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You Can Vanquish the Jewish Day School Inferiority Complex. With Email. Yes,...
On September 25, Frank Moss, the author of The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices, successful entrepreneur, and the former director of the MIT Media Lab, participated in a live Jewish-ed event in suburban...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Communal Responsibility
[Originally published in late 2011, this post feels even more relevant today.] Who is responsible for Jewish education? Jewish parents? Wealthy philanthropists? Central agencies for Jewish Education...
View ArticleA Relationship Map that Leads Somewhere
Does this story sound familiar? Board members embrace the idea of launching – or growing – your organization’s major gifts program. They get the importance of donor-centered, peer-to-peer fundraising...
View ArticleLeading from the Gyroscope
What can contemporary research on leadership say about what it takes to lead Jewish day schools? As a day school graduate, current parent of a day school student, and recent member of a Head of School...
View ArticleInto the Clouds (and the Cloud): The Lessons of PEJE’s Migrations
PEJE has ascended. We recently sojourned from Broad Street, in Boston’s Financial District, up to the 16th floor of CIC Boston, a building that describes itself as “much more than office space; it is...
View ArticleThe Emotional High that We Need to Communicate
I just watched the video of James Taylor’s new song, “Angels of Fenway” showing beautiful baseball images about the Red Sox’ long struggle—and the euphoria of the end of the 86-year drought between...
View ArticlePEJE announces the retirement of its Leadership Line after more than a decade...
The PEJE Leadership Line, a free, hour-long (give or take) phone or Skype call with a coach, has been an efficient and effective way for Jewish day school leaders to get helpful, actionable advice on a...
View Article
